Santa Fe to Abilene

     Kathy and I liked to make up terms to describe various phenomena we encountered. When you are passing cars on the interstate and a car cuts in front of you, you have been mattied. If you are cut off by a truck that is barely going faster than the vehicle in front and you have to wait forever behind it then you have been kathied. I was not mattied yesterday, but I was kathied three times. You now have names for these inconveniences. You’re welcome.
     The drive from Santa Fe to Abilene, Texas is boring. The highlight was Clovis, Mew Mexico near the Texas border. It seems to be the freight train capital of the world. Trains are constantly going by. At the train crossing I had to wait for three separate trains to pass. My mom would have loved it. Whenever she saw a freight train she thought of all the trucks that were not on the road because of it.
     Abilene is a cute town. It has amusing sculptures all over town, it has a Waldo-like cowboy doll hidden in public buildings as part of a scavenger hunt, and it has the National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature. The problem with Abilene this time of year is that it is a million degrees outside. It was too hot to walk Precious last night so she wanted to go out at 5am, which actually worked out perfectly because France’s first World Cup game began at the same time. (They won, but needed luck to do so).
     Today we drive to Lafayette, Louisiana for two nights before a couple of days in New Orleans. Lots to do in Cajun country, but a raw oyster meal in Abbeville is at the top of the list.



Comments

  1. And if your driver sharply turns to see every weird museum along the way, you have been barbaraed. Oysters? Doesn’t “June” have an “r” in it?

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  2. Waiting for three trains? You got margaretted.

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