Heading East... No ABQ

In Tucson right now, making our way eastward. I will have to make sure to get one last fix of In-N-Out before we leave AZ. That'll be Sunday.

We've been debating over the last week or two about what route we'll take from Tucson to Dallas. We were really tempted to head northward to get back to Albuquerque (and the Hyatt Tamaya), but that would probably extend our driving by about 3-4 hours out of the way. So, we decided to just head east/southeast... through El Paso. Yay. El Paso. But, the driving will be faster, and we were able to priceline a Hyatt Place out there.

Now the debate is whether we go straight from El Paso to Dallas in one shot... that's about 10 hours of driving. Or, we make a halfway point stop in... Abilene. Yay. Abilene. We'll probably end up making the stop (just need to priceline a hotel tonight) so that we can divide the drive into two 5-hour segments.

Driving long distances has gotten easier. If I've got the right environment - coffee in me, ipod set to anything twit.tv, and some snacks to munch on here or there... I think I can pull off 5-6 hours these days. Very different from years past.

10:20PM Edit -
Alright, wasn't able to get an Abilene priceline hotel on the first try. Talked it over and decided to shoot right through the city town and not look back. El Paso to Abilene is 450 miles. Abilene to Dallas is only another 180 miles. So, we'll just do all 630 miles in one shot. Better download some old episodes of Security Now and Twit Live.