Day two of our trip east was driving from Cortez to Amarillo, Texas. This was a shorter drive day – just over 8 hours of drive time, which we took advantage of by sleeping in just a bit. We packed up and left Cortez at 7:45 a.m. It was a gorgeous Colorado morning – cold but pleasant, and the morning light made everything have a pink tint to it.
Most of the day was spent driving through New Mexico, which we were both looking forward to because neither of us had ever been to or driven through the state. The drive through New Mexico was epically beautiful and massively perspective giving. Seeing and driving through areas so vastly different than what we are both used to affected us both deeply and gave us a welcomed dose of perspective. We are definitely looking forward to making it back to New Mexico to check out the mountain biking, hiking and arts/culture scenes.
We stayed the night in Amarillo, Texas, in an amazing little Airbnb. It was a converted garage and had a completely fenced in back yard, so we let Ivy and Forest both out free to explore the yard on their own. That honestly might have been the highlight of the day for me. It was such a peaceful and happy way to end the day. Ivy made some chicken friends through the fence, Greg and I enjoyed some delicious Mexican takeout and a beer, and we all took in the sounds of evening time in Amarillo.
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