Amarillo, Texas, is in the central time zone.  Tucumcari, New Mexico—the location I planned to have breakfast on the second day of my trip is in the mountain time zone.  You wouldn’t think this is an issue, and it isn’t really, but I’m an early riser and had to plan accordingly.  On a previous road trip, that I may one-day blog about, I didn’t change my watch from central to eastern time—and I missed the tour bus in Gettysburg, PA.

I arrived in Tucumcari just as the restaurant opened and had corned beef hash for breakfast.  There will be more on corned beef in future blogs.  Two local police officers took a liking to my rental car and asked if they could look it over.  I tossed them the keys and told them to take it for a spin if they liked.

From Tucumcari, I took I-40 west to Clines Corners and took U.S. 285 north to Santa Fe.  I’d visited Santa Fe once before, and I enjoyed it.  Of course, I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to visit the state capitol.