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We made it another 600 or so miles thru Texas today! We are still about 700 miles from the Cotten's. We were delayed about 2 hours and had to get off the interstate and go 50 miles out of the way after they closed I-20 both directions because of an accident with fatalities. At least we made it here safely. We are in Odessa, TX on a dead end street beside a Sam's Club with a bunch of truckers. There were signs all over the Sam's and Walmart "No Overnight Parking", so we are on the street.

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Home of the Odessa Jackalopes of the North American Hockey League. The only reason I know about them is our NHL team, the Winnipeg Jets, drafted a goalie from Odessa. :D

Be safe out there!

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This is Larry cleaning the windshield this morning so I could take pictures thru it.

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The US and Texas flags thru the windshield with the wipers going in the rain.

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1018 miles to go!

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Inching up to the next exit for the detour

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Meeting the other big trucks on the detour, too!

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Back on I-20 again feeling sorry for all those we are meeting that have to get off and do what we just did!

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Those are wind mills in the distance. They were on both sides of the road as far as you could see. More than I have ever seen at one time.

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Down around Midland and Odessa, it looks like a boom town with all the oil rigs and new buildings and construction!

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A party at the Cottens on Saturday??? Is this a possibilty:D:)

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The internet has been sketchy all day as we have been driving. I have typed something up 3 times now, and then when I go to post, I have been disconnected! But anyway, this morning we had 710 miles to go. Now we are down to less than 500. This morning all we saw were oil rigs and the various support equipment and businesses for them. Now we are in the mountains outside of El Paso. But we are "west of the Pecos"!

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Well we have stopped for the evening just south of Tucson, AZ in Benson at a KOA. We got in here, I just hope we can get back out. But it is nothing like the one in Bristol that was so up and down hills we almost didn't get out!

Anyway here are some pics from today:

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Oil wells in South Texas

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Railroad tanker cars full of oil in South Texas

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Oil stuff

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Countryside

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Countryside

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Picnic area

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Mountains

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Roadside picnic area

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Teepee in picnic area

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Mountains in background

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Different mountain

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Neat looking clouds

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More clouds

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Entering New Mexico

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Blue Sky

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Entering Arizona

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Endless orchards of pecan trees out here

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Sunset at the KOA

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Larry talking to Jim Marshall on the phone!