The driving. Oh the driving. Our goal for Day 3 was to get to Ft. Worth to visit stay with a friend of mine. That meant getting through 2.5 states. Now, it's not like Arizona and New Mexico are HUGE or anything like that, but they aren't tiny either.
We set out pretty early (7am or so) so we'd make it before midnight. Matt got us checked out of the hotel and brought me a cup of delicious bacon for breakfast. That's right. A CUP of bacon. A-mazing! I obviously got the better end of the deal - he had a soft apple and an unripened banana. (Which seemed to love us. More on that later.)
When we hit the road, it was still a bit dark out. That didn't last long. As I was driving through some beautiful red rock areas, out of nowhere (NOWHERE, I say!), this giant orb rose into the sky. It produced a magnificent light and radiated heat. I was unsure what it was, having not seen it in so long. Matt informed me it was something called "the sun." Well, this "sun" was REALLY blinding. We pulled in for some gas (in the middle of empty space), and I bought a pair of cheap sunglasses. It was either looking like I was in a bad '90s movie or drive us off into the tumbleweeds. I added some peanut butter M&Ms to my breakfast here. It were wonderful.
Once my eyes were appropriately protected, the driving got much easier. The views we got in New Mexico and Arizona were gorgeous. It seems hard to believe that so much nothing could be so breathtaking, but it was. When the sun started to set in New Mexico, I wanted to pull over and take pictures, but that seemed inadvisable since there wasn't really a place to go besides the side of the road.
We finally crossed into Tex-ass (which is how I said it every time I saw a sign with "Texas" on it, pretty sure Matt wanted to beat me to death). The traffic backed up and the towns were totally po-dunk. We passed through Amarillo around 5pm and should have stopped there for dinner. Had we known what was coming, we would have. But, we thought it was too early and assumed we'd pass through another decently sized town. Ha.
We got to Childress, Texas and couldn't take it anymore, we had to eat. We'd eaten so much fried and fast food, that we wanted something different. So we chose Pizza Hut. On a Friday night. Whoops. We tried to order it for carry-out, but they told us it would take 45 minutes so I told them we'd eat-in instead. The girl took forever to understand my order - 2 personal cheese pizzas and an order of cheese sticks isn't really that challenging of an order. When she'd finally gotten it, I picked a table near the back that looked like it had been cleaned in the last week or so. Matt expressed concerns about the safety of the car and my bike decided we should sit near the door. HE picked a table that was coated in I don't know how many people's lunches and dinners. As I went to set my arms down on the table, he screeched out, "DON'T TOUCH THE TABLE!" Like that was somehow really going to be an option.
We looked around and were sort of appalled. The salad bar was gross looking and there were croutons or something all over the floor around it. No one ever came to wipe off our table either. We watched people come and go, and I thanked whatever powers I believed in at the time that that place wasn't my hometown.
They finally brought our food and asked if we wanted silverware. The waitress brought back plastic forks. That's it. A KNIFE might have been helpful. We didn't try to push our luck with her. I started eating, and almost immediately regretted it. The personal pan pizzas aren't even that big, but I didn't finish mine. We paid and got back in the car. Within 30 minutes of being back in the car, I felt sick. About the same time, Matt looked at me and said we were never eating there again. My agreement was rapidly granted.
We finally rolled into Ft. Worth around 10:45. I don't know that I've been happier to get somewhere. I loved catching up with Joanne since I hadn't seen her in over a year and a half. And, it was really nice to sleep in an actual bed.
Friday was a loooooooooooong day.
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