Vacation Day 1 - Raton, New Mexico

Whew, an early start today! Greg did a good job of getting up, getting the car packed, and being ready to walk out the door at 5:45 AM. We stopped in Amarillo for lunch at the Cracker Barrel (Greg and I twisted Grandmom's arm until she gave in) and made it to Raton by 5:00 Mountain Time. We stopped about every two hours so we could get out and stretch. One rest stop would have been a bit of a stretch for some family members:

Dad and John, this photo is for you

Greg always has to get a sunset photo (this morning, he could have had a sunrise photo, too, but he just wasn't motivated enough). This is the view from our hotel room.

Before we left, Andrea told Greg that she wanted him to have a good time but she didn't want any more mysterious women appearing in hot tubs with him. Most of you have seen our optical illusion shot from our last vacation together. Almost everyone who looks at it says "I don't see anything odd -- it's two people sitting in a hot tub." Except, of course, Greg was all alone at the time. I took the shot and can attest to that but we might have trouble convincing Andrea a second time.

We plan to leave tomorrow morning, have lunch in Taos, and be in Durango by late afternoon. We'll try to avoid those mysterious women and have an update tomorrow night.