Gallup! I bunked for the night in the El Rancho Hotel (home of the movie stars),  and sprang out of bed early the next morning in fine fettle.

I proceeded slightly north of town to an unlikely looking parking lot next to a car dealership and met up with the trouble twins for a little ride on the High Desert Trail.









A pleasant diversion, from there it was more driving. Across the desert to Albuquerque, and up to Santa Fe. I arrived just in time to watch the first presidential candidate's debate at the Spearhead concert. Las Vegas was seeming more and more like a distant memory.



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