FUN-travel: Driving the good ole US of A! Tucumcari, NM to Flagstaff, AZ
June 10, 2014 by Susan Clarke
Day 4 – drive 474 miles – Tucumcari, NM – Pop. 5363
U Drop Inn
- Had a great speech @ NACUFS Southern Region Conference
- 12:00 – hit the road
- 12:30 – lunch stop
FUN- food – Cowboy Travel Plaza for the best BBQ lunch! The place was packed and the service was great. It’s basically a truck stop with a big store and restaurant. Rotisserie chicken sandwich, bbq beef sandwich, 2 sodas $20.
- Shamrock, Tx stop – photo op U Drop Inn
- 6:00 – arrive Tucumcari, NM
- Holiday Inn & La Quinta behind the McDonald’s
- Stay at La Quinta – newer hotel
- 7:30 – dinner @ K Bob’s across parking lot – nice salad bar & drinkable wine
FUN-fact – Many of the scenes in the television show Rawhide (1959–1966) starring Clint Eastwood were shot in the Tucumcari area.
Day 5 – drive 496 – Flagstaff, AZ – Pop. 67,468
- 8:00 – hit the road after McCafe coffee w/espresso shot
- 1:00 – Gallup, NM – more great art deco on Route 66 – Hotel El Rancho
- 3:00 – arrive Flagstaff
- 6:00 – meet long time friends for happy hour @Rendezvous Martini bar
- Dinner – PaTo Thai next door
- Starts snowing
FUN-fact – Had enough points to stay 2 nights for free.
Not so FF – La Quinta in Flagstaff is old and tired.
El Rancho