Today we said goodbye to our lovely New Mexico casita and set off for our road trip back home. Mom turned off the solar electric power system without any coaching from Dad, and I was proud of her. We stopped at the Santa Fe Farmer's Market on our way out. This nice woman selling blackberries offered me one, but I couldn't get interested in it, although I tried, but I did have a nice time rolling it around on the sidewalk with my nose. (Watermelons are another story ...)
We headed north to Colorado, and then got onto a state highway and hundreds of miles driving through what Mom and Dad tell me were beautiful rangelands. To tell the truth, I spent most of that part of the trip sleeping, because I did miss out on quite a few naps during our active week in Madrid. A few times I woke up and got into my Navigator position, shown here.
In the middle of the rangelands, we stopped at this town called Rocky Ford, Colorado. Mom and Dad already had a Rocky Ford miniature watermelon they had bought in Santa Fe. They promptly bought two more and a cantelope for good measure. Rocky Ford has to be the world capital of melons! (The watermelons get their water from the Arkansas River, which goes through town.) Mom started feeding me watermelon chunks, and I tell you, I could eat watermelon all day! After that, I went to sleep for another 150 miles.
Tonight we're in a nice motel in North Platte, Nebraska, aiming for Illinois by the end of day tomorrow.
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