We pulled out of Wichita Falls after stopping by Lowes and Best Buy, finding everything we needed. It was due to be another blazer at 102F. Though we left near noon, we made good progress across the remainder of Texas. The chapparal and heat gave way to the red earth mesa's of Eastern New Mexico. It was about 3:30pm when we crossed the border and stopped at the tourist information center within a 1/4 mile of the border. It seemed the temperature plumeted once we arrived - 95F. It was only 87 degrees when we arrived in Santa Fe, and drove through this glorious scenery with the windows down.
We drove North through red, tan, and purple hills and mesas dotted with scrub pine, sage, and grasses. New Mexico was green, as if we had turned the clock back to spring. The cooler weather was welcome relief. Our plan to ceremoneously bid farewell to Texas changed to an expression of gratitude for the distance we travelled and for the road ahead.
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