Star Date 7-09-16
We awoke this morning at 0715 hrs to cool temperatures. There were thunderstorms in the area which dropped the temps to a pleasant 79 deg F.
We packed up the beast and pulled out from the campground at 0953 hrs. We headed west enjoying good roads, gentle breezes, and occasional sprinkles.
We traveled Interstate 20 from Clyde Texas to Sweetwater, home of the yearly rattlesnake roundup, then turned north on US 84. At Post we turned west on US 380. US 380 had been recently been resurfaced so the road deities were still looking upon us with favor. The Beast, also referred as the Starship Monaco in heroic tales told and retold by hobos around evening campfires along the rail lines, became thirsty so we pulled into a Stripes station in Tohoka TX. After filling her tank with only 28 gallons of fuel we were on our way west again.
Commander/Navigator Brenda told the First Officer that our arrival time into Roswell New Mexico would be at 1530 hrs. The First Officer told the Navigator she needed to cut back on the consumption of wine. He explained that while the Monaco had the newer 3 valve per cylinder warp drive, it didn't have double warp drive. The First Officer knowingly said with confidence that the arrival time would be at 1630 hrs. He also explained to the Navigator that she must have programmed the computer wrong. You know how computers work; crap in, crap out. (I cleaned that up a little instead of saying sh, oh never mind). When she said, "WE WILL ARRIVE AT 1530 HRS"! Well ha ha. Ive got her now. I can see a demotion or retraining session in the future led by me with much degrading/slandering of the Navigator. So after handing her a berating she knowingly turned to me and said, we will enter Mountain time when we get into New Mexico so WE WILL LOSE AN HOUR. So then she had to start the degrading/slandering by stating, so, when I bought you the shirt that said Fat Ass it should have said Dumb Ass. Ouch
Headed to Santa Fe New Mexico tomorrow.
Traveled 318 miles today.
Total for the trip 746
/s/First Officer Julio
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