2019 SouthWest: the last stretch...Savannah to home

Continuing our quest to travel only secondary highways on the way home, we made our way northwards to Lee State Park, near Bishopville SC. We are on our way to Durham NC, to have a quick visit with Dale’s girlfriend Debbie. This park will get us about half the way there.

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2019 SouthWest: Savannah and the beach...awesome!

On our Hwy 84 drive back east, we looked at the map and realized that the 84 continues all the way to the east coast at Savannah Georgia, and by just adding a day to our drive, we could dip our toes in the Atlantic, and see what we have heard to be a beautiful historic city.

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2019 SouthWest: Hwy 84 all the way to the coast

Our journey on the 84 took us all the way from Texas to Georgia. We were able to chunk up the distance and stay at state parks all the way...North Toledo Bend LA, Lake Lincoln MS, Frank Jackson AL, and Reed Bingham GA.

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2019 SouthWest: Waco...worth a visit

Before heading to Waco, we scoured our maps for a route to get us a little further south, and into some warmer weather. We have had a fair amount of cool evenings on this trip, in fact, we have used the duvet and electric heaters far more than we have not. The other priority was to avoid, as much as possible, travel on the Interstates.

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2019 SouthWest: Texas Big Sky

Continuing our eastern path, we drove from Santa Fe to Amarillo,  down to the I-40 along Hwy 285. The drive along 285 was a steady descent through scrubby ranch land, punctuated by rich looking red soil and rocks. The stretch of I-40 to Amarillo was a good drive, nice and smooth, with surprisingly little traffic, I think perhaps we lucked out a bit. Just outside Amarillo we took the opportunity to stop at Cadillac Ranch.

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2019 SouthWest: the lure of O'Keefe

The lure of Georgia O’Keeffe is strong. Being admirers of her life and art for many years, to visit her home and studio, to be in the area which inspired her so much, was definitely a huge bucket list item for both of us.

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2019 SouthWest: Santa Fe...we finally made it.

On route to Santa Fe along the I-40, we had to make a quick pit stop in Winslow to view the now famous "corner". The town has embraced this bit of history along Route 66, and have done it up real nice. Of course, out came the camera.

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