Day two started off fine with my mom giving the guy in the gas station at least 40 pennies when she went in to buy gas. Ahhh she cracks me up! Everywhere we went she gave perfect change. I think that's the secret to why her purse weighs 400 pounds!
We were back on I-40E and loved all the sunflowers bordering the Arizona highway!
We made quite a few stops this day and from now on. We decided that we would trade off driving a lot more so that we wouldn't get so sore and tired.
I think this rest stop was in Arizona. Sad that we have to have signs that tell people not to deface the awesome scenery.
I did a multi screeching lane change to get the exit for the dinosaurs! Hey what fun lol. This is at the Painted Desert Indian Center. We didn't go in since we had just done the rest stop but we did eat our lunch in the car while we enjoyed the dinosaur view.
We were making a slight detour this day to go to my friend Sarah's house for the night. She lives in Dalhart Texas so that was our "goal" for the day.
After dinner we filled up and then it was off to Texas! Poor mom REALLY needed to use the bathroom but there was NOTHING from that Denny's all the way to Sarah's house. We both contemplated pulling over for the side of the road all I could think of was rattle snakes lol. I ended up driving behind this big rig who was doing about 80 all the way to Sarah's. It worked out great because it was so damn dark out there and his truck lit everything up. We got to Sarah's super late, mom sprinted in to use the bathroom and then we got to hang out a bit before we hit the hay!
Julie is this your daughter who lived in North Carolina?
I must say this was a very brown trip - not a lot of green.
Once on a road trip with a girlfriend we pulled over for her to pee.