It's time to leave the north and head south for the winter. Not quite endless summer, but it is to be an infrequent winter. This year we left earlier than usual and the weather was wonderful. This allowed us to stop in Roswell, NM, the Sand Dunes National Monument and the White Sand Missile Base. The total distance was 1837 miles.
Here was the length of each day. This included travel, sight-seeing and meal time:
- Day 1, 1:15pm-9:30pm, 471 miles
- Day 2, 9:00am-5:30pm, 460 miles
- Day 3, 8:00am-5:30pm, 416 miles.
- Day 4, 8:30am-5:45pm, 342 miles
- Day 5, 8:00am-10:30am, 148 miles
Here's a data table for 6 days. The first was local miles with average speed 15 MPH. The actual trek was over 5 days. Mileage (MPG) at 55-65 MPH is about 15. Speed limits were generally 70 - 75 MPH. We travel at the speed limits. Our average speed including local miles over the 5 days was 64 MPH.
Some road photos:
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| Dinner in West Tulsa |
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| Dusk in Foss, OK |
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| Walking Roswell, NM |
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| G behind the wheel |
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| Driving through the Sand Dunes National Monument |
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| White Sands National Monument |
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| White Sands Missile Base |
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| White Sands Missile Base |
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| White Sands Missile Base |
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| V2 Rocket -White Sands Missile Base |
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| New Mexico sunset |
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| After a few days, it all becomes a blur! |
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| Approaching the Rincon Mountains |
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