day 1: santa barbara to albuquerque

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So here we are in Albuquerque.

Miles traveled: 879
Hours on the road: 13.5

Not much to report. We drove by a dust devil in Arizona. Flagstaff is a lot greener than I expected. And there is a lot of road work going on between the Arizona border and Albuquerque. You'd think that I'd have a lot more interesting observations to share after driving through three states today, but traveling always brings out my most irrational fears—so I was probably too worried about careening off bridges or getting crushed by large trucks/planes falling out of the sky to notice much of anything else. I'm very happy to be safely tucked away in our hotel right now.

Six-hour legs from here on out! Tomorrow: Albuquerque to Oklahoma City.