Three Days on the Road~ I am Half-way Across America

6:00AM, Central time. Departing Oklahoma. I had no idea Oklahoma had such incredible sunsets and sunrises! The skies here just go on forever and it really is quite breathtaking.

Passing through the very top sliver of Texas. Woo-whee! Just passed the "Country's Largest Cross"... where else, but Texas?!

I've reached New Mexico and the desert. I love the desert and this in-between land. It's what makes this a true journey; a cleansing, if you will. To have embarked from a more verdant land and be passing through the desert, to then drive on to the Pacific Ocean is exciting. And wait!  Yes, it is!  I've just seen my first tumbleweed for the day.

12:00PM, I'm an hour East of Santa Rosa, New Mexico. It's only 77 degrees, but my tire indicator light has just come on. Eek, this frightens me a bit. I'm visualizing myself at a gas station adding air to me tires before any thing negative can happen. Driving long stretches in the desert makes me hyper vigilant. I always make sure I have a full tank of gas, food and water. Thankfully, I see there is a gas station three miles up ahead! The winds are blowing full force and this place is desolate. I check the tire pressure in all four of my tires. Each one registers 44.5 PSI. "Well, as least they're not going flat," I breath out a sigh of relief. Hmm, optimum pressure for warm weather would be 41 PSI. It's not really hot enough for my tires to be expanding that much. This doesn't make any sense to me. "Think like a Girl Scout, or MacGiver, Melanie," I chide myself. "Got it! Call in a lifeline," is my response. I call Andy in the Service Department of BMW of Charlottesville (I've never had such fabulous customer service, by the way!  BMW of Charlottesville is stellar!)  Andy reassures me that it's just a bit warmer, so they've inflated some, but they'll be fine. Whew! It's great to have friends. I feel an instant sense of relief, and gee, I love my White Knight!

I am now landed in Albuquerque, New Mexico and absolutely exhausted! I actually feel a bit dizzy and a slight loss of equilibrium. Can it be I've been in motion so long as to disturb my center of gravity? I am weary and in desperate need of sleep. It is 7:30 PM Central time, but of course, my body does not know it. My body protests and insists that it is much later, believing that it still resides on East Coast time. For now, I rest.