Today we traveled from Roswell to Skyline NM, 330 miles. It would have been an uneventful trip except that someone decided to pile it up on I40 about 60 miles east of Albuquerque. The traffic jam was miles long. We sat on the road doing nothing for about 20 minutes or so. Then the traffic half a mile ahead started to move. It was amazing how quickly the jam cleared up. We were back up to speed within a mile of when we started to move.
Time to bitch about trucks again. Twice during the day I had to contend with dumbshit truck drivers that drove slow up the hills and fast down them. This went on for 10's of miles. Then at a TA stop a trucker had blocked the RV pump - the only one that took credit cards. Another trucker had blocked the exit from the pump. Assholes. I waited for a little bit, and then went to a different station.
With no headwind we made between 10 and 11 mpg. That was on a route that gained several thousand feet in elevation.
The place that we are staying at is a casino. We spent an hour or so playing slot machines. They had Aliens. We ended up spending a whole dollar. There dinner buffet wasn't appealing - fried chicken. So we ate a Mickey D's. I think we'll try their breakfast buffet tomorrow morning.
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