Mile 668

Miles from Las Cruces, NM to Manchester, NH: about 2400
Miles driven today: 668
Miles left: 1732

Today I woke up in New Mexico, stopped for gas in Texas, drove across the Oklahoma panhandle, and am going to bed in Medicine Lounge, Kansas. Let the road trip begin!

My dad and I are driving my little “go fast” car loaded with all my possessions across the country. When we get to New Hampshire I’ll start an Americorp program called City Year. I don’t know exactly what I’ll be doing, but I’ll let you know when I do.

Armed with our books Roadside America (© 1987) and Eat Your Way Across America (© 1997), we bravely explore as many diners and tourist traps as possible. Today we drove past White Sands National Monument (it’s only a couple miles out of Las Cruces) but had few other tourist opportunities. The food, however, was delicious; Penny’s Diner in Vaughn, New Mexico for lunch and a family BBQ joint in Liberal, Kansas (I can’t be to *liberal* with my praise!) for dinner. We saw cool architecture, a rainbow, and a movie-sized orange full moon. Good day.