Oklahoma - New Mexico - Sun City

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I fueled up in Dodge City, did not run into Marshall Dillon or Wyatt Earp. Then headed SW towards the Oklahoma state line. There was a corner virtual cache called Coloklakan where Colorado, Oklahoma and Kansas all connect. It was located on a farm road the went right along the border of Kansas and Oklahoma. After finding and logging I continued SW through the pan handle and stopping at another road side park in Felt OK. Overgrown parking lot with a vault toilet and picnic tables. I parked in the far corner and made some dinner.  I was the only one there for about an hour, then 2 car campers arrived. This made me feel better about a Sheriff showing up to tel me to leave. It rained pretty hard before the sun went down, there was some nice rainbows. It rained again overnight and I was the first to pull out about 7am. 

I targeted another corner virtual cache called Texhomex where Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico all connect. This farm road was very muddy from the rain, half of the road was flooded so I was careful not to get stuck. After I left this one, I found another cache on the northwest corner of Texas. The drive from here was to Albuquerque starts out as rolling grasslands that lead you into majestic mountain cliffs then ending in the Alamo River valley through Santa Fe. I stopped on I-40 in Albuquerque for Fuel, then headed west. By the time I made Grants, I was only 5 hours from home, but I did not want to break my rule to drive only 5-6 hours, I decided to find a space at Pinon Cliffs Campground. There was only 2 tents sites available but I squeezed into #19. An hours later it looked like all the spaces were full. The weather was real nice, 72° F  7,434 elevation. 

In the morning I dumped my grey water tank, but did not fill my fresh water. I was within 6 hours of home, so I did not plan to camp. I stayed on I-40 until Winslow, then took the scenic route through the Forest that the Mogollon Rim is located, then through Camp Verde, on the I-17 pulling into my driveway about 1500. Home again. 

Here is a link to Oklahoma - New Mexico photos.  So what's next? 4th of July weekend in San Diego then take off north to Washington.   

to be continued.........

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