Feb 24 - Albuquerque --> Mangum (it's in Oklahoma)

Why Mangum? Good question. Well, it turns out that an old friend of mine came to visit me in SF just before I left on the trip. Stacey and I go way back...probably >10 years now. (Wow, that IS a long time). She used to live outside Fort Worth, so in my past life, when I spent 70% of my time traveling on business, I was able to cruise through the Dallas/Fort Worth area and visit pretty regularly. Stacey has since moved to small town Missouri, and this was the first time I've seen her in nearly 8 years. Anyway, as I was preparing for the trip and playing around with maps and places I was planning to go, Stacey pointed out that I'd be passing not far from where her Mom lives and owns a Bed and Breakfast in Oklahoma. We mapped it out, and it was only about an hour out of the way, and a perfect resting spot between Albuquerque and Houston. Perfect. Stacey called her mom and made a 'reservation' for me at the Mangum White House Bed and Breakfast.


Brrrr...snow

And lots of it in areas!







Once you pass the mountains, it's back to long, straight roads to nowhere (otherwise known as Albuquerque)

Finally, it's started to warm up into the 50's and there's no longer any traces of snow.

The landscape is completely different yet again.

But the road is still straight and seemingly endless...







What's this? Grass again? And cows!

This is the road from the Interstate to Mangum. 30 miles...straight as an arrow.