day twenty: marfa to santa fe
adventures
the drive from marfa to las cruses, mew mexico was surprisingly beautiful and exciting, and not just because i was used to seeing the horizon in every direction for the past 10 days.
in las cruses, i stopped for breakfast with family friends karen and tom, who’ve been living there for years. after talking to them and feeling the warm sun on my skin, i could almost understand why. after our catch-up over delicious huevos rancheros, friday and i headed back on the road, pointed north.
the view was stunning as we drove down from the organ mountains. the whole “missile range” thing was a little disconcerting, but the view was stunning nonetheless. our afternoon adventure was white sands national park, and it was a joyful place to run free.
the trip up to santa fe from white sands was quite lovely. and you know how when you are on a long drive and keep passing a certain vehicle? i had a penske truck friend. i keep seeming to pass it again and again, so i snapped a polaroid on a wide-open road, thinking that i could give it to them if we both stopped for gas. i figured, if you are driving such a long distance in such a big truck, you’re most likely in a transition of some sort, and it may be the case that you’d want to remember it.
i never ran into them again, so now the tiny photo is mine and i can invent the story behind the penske.
logistics
music—the road trip playlist is ever-evolving