I left Friday, July 11th and got back Monday morning at 2am. Here are some pics and such from the trip.
JULY 11
7:30am (82238.1) - Leaving College Station from the Shell after some delicious Garpez breakfast tacos. Full tank of gas.
12:00pm (82509.2)[271] - Stopped in Wichita Falls for lunch. Found Prine's BBQ via Google. It was a little hole in the wall. Carry out only. I got a sliced beef and was disappointed. Dry, tough. Picked up some ice at a gas station and will be headed out by 12:30pm.
3:40pm (82690.3) [452.2] - Stopped in Claude for gas. Filled up with $99 from Shell. Went to the bathroom and some guy was breathing a little to hard in the stall. Weird.
5:15pm (82782.6) [544.5] - Stopped at rest area at New Mexico border. Got two beers and a Monster from the cooler.
7:30pm - Stopped in Clines Corners for gas and restroom. Gas was $4.49...screw that. Filled up short of Santa Fe for $4.09.
8:00pm - Pouring down rain between Santa Fe and Espanola. Looking to get to Pagosa 10:30ish.
11:00pm - Arrived in Pagosa to find that the San Juan Motel was open, but no one was there to check me in. I headed down the road to the Oak Ridge Lodge, just across from the Springs. I checked in. Cost about $90 for one night. Well worth it as I really needed a good sleep after driving for 16 hours. After I got everything in the room, I walked across the street to the Hot Springs. The clerk gave me the local rate as they were closing in about an hour. I made my way down to the 110-degree pool and it felt great.
Here was my setup...
I build a crappy little wooden desk thing for the passenger seat so that the laptop was level. I ran it through an inverter and into the cigarette lighter. I kept popping that fuse when I would fill up the air mattress. I ended up plugging it into the "12V" plug and that fuse didnt pop.