Wednesday, November 27, 2019, Move to Pyote, TX

Thank you Steve and Angie for your hospitality! We hope to see you again whenever we pass through the area.

Another beautiful sunrise greeted us at the ranch as we contemplated the drive ahead of us today. We really had nothing planned until we reached New Mexico. Unfortunately, New Mexico was a long way away.

We broke the drive into smaller steps which meant I only had to drive 337.8 miles today (96,811.0 total) to another rest stop along I-20 near Pyote, TX. There was really not much to see the entire day except oil wells and businesses catering to the oil wells.

The rest stop was huge and the pavement was very level. I don't think we could have asked for anything better for a quick overnight. In the nice, new building Joani noticed a sign indicating access to the tornado shelters. Good to know but I hope we never need to see how well they weather a tornado!

We were nearly the only people parked when we closed our shades but we heard a lot of activity throughout the night with trucks coming and going.

On satellite view Joani counted 27 parking slots. When I walked Sam in the morning I saw trucks double and triple parked along the curbs and lining the exit and entrance ramps. A lot of folks made an early start but I would guess more than 100 trucks spent some time in the rest stop overnight.