Day 1: 9 Hours

We rolled out on our 3-day cross-country trek from Scottsdale, Arizona at 8am. Fifteen miles down the road, we realized that we had forgotten Mama's burritos, so we turned back. After topping off the gas tank, we were on the road again at about 9am. We kept on truckin' until nightfall, when Mama made it known that she did not like driving after dark, so we started looking for a place to stay. After passing on a "historic" and "american owned" hotel off of Route 66 that advertised a $24.99 nightly rate and smelled like curry, we settled into a room at a Motel 6 in Tucumcari, New Mexico, just shy of the Texas border.