On the road with
Joe & BJ
Join us for the next 2 weeks...
Check back for pictures of our trip.
Destination:  New Mexico!

1st stop:                                              Arkansas
Warmer than Tennessee but not as pretty...
just got to Oklahoma!












Cherokee Nation
The weather
is wonderful!!!!!!!!
60 degrees
Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song,
and all about you will be beauty,
There is a way out of every dark mist,
over a rainbow trail.  --Navajo song




Right before Oklahoma City
we heard a funny noise on our
front tire.  Well, I would have
driven until it didn't drive anymore
but, Joe is smarter than me so we
went to a service station & ended up
with new brakes, new tires, new rotors,
alignment, you name it, we got it.  
SOOOOOOOOOOOO
700 dollars later...we were back
on the road in time to see the
beautiful sunset in the city!

We met a really nice guy while waiting
who was from Johnson City, TN.

Life is good & my car is running really
good now!

Joe & BJ
A cool waterslide in Oklahoma City
Counter
Its dark now & we just arrived in
TEXAS
We spent the night in Amarillo
& woke  up to a beautiful sunrise with McD's in the  background.

We met the nicest folks...
real Texans!   
They were nice enough to let us foreigners take their pictures.
Texans have
BIG SMILES!
..
Can't wait to see cousin VICKI!!!
She lives in Taos, New Mexico
We have been on
Interstate 40 since we
left Sevierville, TN for
1370 miles & finally
we have have headed
& we can see snow on
& we can see snow on
the top>>>the top>>>
So far we've seen 1 coyote &
something like an antelope  but we
can't remember what they are called.
Joe had a bone to pick
with New Mexico
Rio Grande
River gorge

outside of Taos
Sunrise in Vicki's yard
Vicki's house (Casita)
...it means small house.
Sangro de Cristo Mountains in the back
Vicki & Mesa
by the Rio Pueblo River by her house
Vicki's sittin'
by the kiva
fireplace
Wheeler Peak Mountain
(tallest mountain 13,116 ft)
Taos New Mexico Plaza
In front of Vicki's house
TAOS MOUNTAIN
Texas geese, windmill, & plateau
Joe & Vicki by the mineral springs pool
at Ojo Caliente
It really warms up in the day time
Glad we didn't have to drive across this bridge!
the canyon (Reo Grande River Gorge)
BJ & Vicki getting some sun
after soaking in a variety of mineral baths
Our last night we went to see cousin Vicki's son Brandon, his wife Anika & their son Joaquin!

                 It was a wonderful ending to
                     our trip to
New Mexico.
We stopped by to see if you might be hanging out there on our way back to Tennessee..sorry we missed you!