Day 13 - New Mexico and home

Day 13 started in Sante Fe with the promise of clear and hot all the way home. We packed up and headed out at a reasonable hour - neither of us too sorry to say goodbye to our last night living out of a suitcase. A quick stop at a convenience store for coffee and tea and we were off. We were plagued with assorted 5 mile construction zones off and on but nothing much else of interest. We were parallel to the Rio Grande but you couldn't see it, just a line a trees off to the side - then desert between the trees and construction. After 12 days of hanging together we decided that maybe it was time for someone else's voice so we plugged in an audio book and cruised on down the highway.  We arrived in Truth or Consequences, NM around noon so made that our lunch stop. It felt good to get out of the car and stretch. We swapped drivers and headed off again. The audio book really helped and almost before we knew it (although our cramped muscles did) we were back in AZ - and whaddya know? we found that hour we had lost 12 days ago. We stopped in Wilcox for a stretch and a snack and then hopped back in the car for the final leg. We pulled into my driveway almost exactly at 5 PM. It probably took Monica another 30 minutes and the loop from our Road Trip was closed. Home sweet Home!