Day 3, evening

New Mexico, you have far too many Dairy Queens and not enough of everything else. After our gas scare, we thought we'd be able to stop for lunch within the hour. Except there was literally nothing except "Stuckey's" and Dairy Queens. Having been on the road for 3 days, we are getting quite tired of pre-packaged/fast food. All we wanted was a small diner or sit down restaurant. Literally none.

We did see some pretty storms in the distance and since it is so flat here, you could see the gray lines where it was raining miles away. It was pretty wild.






We found a "rest area" after that, which didn't even sell bottled water! It was just a little hut with bathrooms. We did not approve.



We snacked on yesterday's leftover chex mix and risked drinking bottled water we aren't sure how we obtained. But we survived, so it obviously wasn't poisonous. Check plus.

So, an hour and a half hour later, we got desperate and stopped at "The Flying C" ranch. We were hopeful because it was the only thing we had seen for miles and it had at least 20 billboards in the span of 1 mile. We pulled in and all they had was....a Dairy Queen! Ahhh! Yes, it was a Grill n' Chill, but despite being so hungry, the thought of fast food was so unappetizing, all we bought were two liters of water and a nutrigrain bar. We also could have bought a giant stuffed buffalo for $19,999.99!! No joke. There was a stuffed mountain lion for $9,000 if that's more in your budget.

So on we drove for another hour. We'd been seeing billboards for Cline's Corner since the start of New Mexico advertising how it was "worth the wait." Now we understood why! It's the only thing on that side of New Mexico. We stopped there because they advertised A Subway, but when we got in there we saw they also had a small sit-down diner. We opted for the diner and had a very nice waitress who didn't seem to mind that we were slightly lethargic and cranky. Derek got an open faced hot roast beef sandwich and I got soup and salad bar. I got my soup but then didn't like the looks of the salad bar so I ordered a turkey/ham club after that. Derek didn't really like his meal, so we split my turkey club and his mashed potatoes.

Back on the road, we are headed to Gallup, NM for the night. It's a city on the edge of New Mexico and I'm curious to see what qualifies as a city in this state. The first half of the state was flat flat flat, but now we are coming into rocks and mountains, which are pretty breath taking. Also, the setting sun is SUPER bright. Brighter than either of us have ever seen at 8:00 at night. (Ignore our bug-ridden windshield)