Day 13, Home at Last

Our last two days on the road were uneventful. The La Salle ran with few problems across the flatlands of western Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. We spent our last night on the road in Guymon, OK at the same hotel we enjoyed on the way out. This made our last day an easy 400 miles to Albuquerque.

We had a great meal at the former Club Cafe in Santa Rosa. This family restaurant has good food at reasonable prices. We stopped at Archie Lewis' junkyard and museum in Moriarty. Archie was friendly and showed us his fine collection of Ford products.

Traffic in Albuquerque was unbearable, I had to drive to Rio Rancho and back starting around 3:30. It seemed to take hours, and the La Salle was jumpy as she started boiling her ethanol in the carburetor. Wendy and I parted, it was a great two week adventure. Nance and I had a great reunion with each other and our pets. It felt good to be home. Our only action item was to visit our injured nephew Glenn in the hospital. He has a long way to go and has more surgery scheduled for tomorrow, but he looked OK considering the severity of his injuries.

La Salle is now resting in her garage with a short list of repair items. She took us 3428 fairly trouble free miles. Gas mileage was OK, it ran around 14 to 15 MPG. This car is hard not to like. Moving across the country at 65 mph in a comfortable 68 year old car seems improbable. But it happened and we are better for the experience.

See you on the road.....