Austin City Limits Day 1
Austin City Limits
Day 1 - November 22, 2006 - Monument, CO to Austin, TX
Left Monument - 5 AM MST
Stopped to take pictures
Sunrise over Colorado Eastern plains
Raton, NM:
Welcome To New Mexico photo
Gas stop - high!
Lots of road construction
Texline, TX:
Welcome to Texas photo
Sunny morning's drive through Texas Panhandle
Time for cotton harvest
Flat arid landscape
Ghost town, very run down, mostly deserted communities
Amarillo:
Gas stop
Lunch at Subway
Long drive, relatively good roads, lots of construction
Wichita Falls:
Gas stop
Limited access road
South to Fort Worth - more and more traffic
Fort Worth:
5 PM major traffic jams - stop and go
Narrow lanes
More construction
Holiday travelers
Accidents
Waco:
Called Eduardo at 7 PM
Drive that should have taken 2 hours took 4
Austin:
Finally arrived at 9 PM at Motel
Met our son Eduardo
Pizza dinner at Cici's Pizza
Returned to hotel and talked until after midnight
Great to catch up.
Total Distance Driven: 826.1
| Miles Traveled |
Gallons | Avg. Price | MPG |
| 197.3 | 8.44 | $2.49 Reg | 23.34 |
| 218.8 | 7.31 | $2.18 Reg | 29.93 |
| 237.4 | 8.93 | $2.03 Reg | 26.60 |
| 317.3 | 12.03 | $2.07 Reg | 26.39 |
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Map of the Route
Sunrise over Colorado
Sunrise over Colorado
Raton Pass - Entering New Mexico
Texline, Texas - Entering Texas
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