We left Southern California at about 1pm on the Friday the 27th of February, our first day took us to Phoenix Arizona. We spent the night at a Flying J Truck Stop and then called our friend Gina Minkin (Kyle's wife), she was happy to hear from us and we met her at a restaurant for lunch. It was great seeing her and hearing about Kyle's daughters Fallon and Kayleen, they each have a baby now, so we saw pictures and enjoyed our visit with Gina.
Then we were off again, to Lorsburg New Mexico this time, we stayed at another Flying J and met a couple in a motor home from Canada. They told us to make sure check out Old Town Mesilla near Las Cruces NM. We took their advise and drove there that day, we parked the coach at a Truck Stop in Las Cruces, and unhooked the car to drive the short distance to Mesilla, this place was well worth the stop, beautiful place, well restored buildings, cute little shops and a great Mexican restaurant.We were here for 3 hours, and then hooked the car back up and headed for Pecos TX to spend yet another night parked in a Flying J Truck Stop. Then got up early Monday, had breakfast, and headed out to see how far we could get through Texas. We stopped at Weatherford Texas for the night (at a Pilot Truck stop this time - we wanted a change -Ha Ha).
We had to check on getting our window tint on the car replaced on three windows, so stopped in Arlington Texas (near Fort Worth) to see if we could get the work done. Well, we found that they use a different type of film here, so Saturn of Wichita (where we bought this Aura in Sept '08) is checking on where we can get this done on our way to Georgia, or after the rally. We may decide to stay here in Arlington for a night or two to relax a little.