Santa Rosa New Mexico

Safe and dry in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Began today as yesterday ended, in the rain. Last night's hotel had no laundry facilities so there was no way to dry our wet clothes other than hang them in our room.  That worked fairly well with the exception of our leather which was still a bit damp this morning.  But since we were starting out in rain it made little difference.  Rode to Oklahoma City, stopping at the dealership for  souvenir and gas. The rain had subsided by this time but we stayed wrapped in rain gear, which seemed to act as a deterrent as the weather was more cooperative today although we were in and out of brief showers three or four times. 
We had planned to stop for our usual lunch at the Texas welcome center, but we found that indeed everything in Texas is bigger.  And that included the distance to the "welcome center" which was 100 miles away.  We couldn't wait so pulled over at a nearby exit and found a curb that worked just fine.  Made one more stop in Texas, looking for a cowboy to take a picture of for Jace, but there were none to be found.
Once we crossed into New Mexico the sun appeared, thankfully. So did the signs warning of severe crosswinds, but so far they have not been bad.  We checked into a hotel we have stayed at on both previous cross country trips.  This one has laundry facilities and while Debbie was washing clothes she met a very nice lady from Canada that is also on a bike trip with her husband.  I think they enjoyed their talk because it was a while before she reappeared....I thought she may have gotten lost!  But I think they ended up helping each other with their laundry and dealing with a dryer that wasn't working properly.  Not an uncommon issue in hotels.
Tomorrow we head to Flagstaff and then onto the Grand Canyon, Zion and then Vegas for a couple of days of rest.  Will probably hide our wallets while we're there to be sure we have enough money to get home.