Wanderings 2018: Revisiting An Old Trip

I had forgotten how amazed I was at leaving Santa Fe last time I was there. The trip down the mountains offers some fantastic vistas into the valleys below. Amazing beauty.
When we hit the bottom though, the temperature dropped 20degrees and we found ourselves in the thickest fog. In a way it was a blessing though as the sunrise was brutally bright and directly in our eyes.
Now, the last time that we traveled Route 66, we were bound and determined to ride as much of the old road as possible. This time, not so much so. We are actually traveling mostly on the "new road" and dropping off for the things that we want to visit or in some cases, revisit. In that vein, we stopped at some cool auto museums, (one where all of the cars were for sale, like paying admission to shop) some good old diners and an aircraft museum that actually has a Russian MIG on display at it's entrance. We saw The Cadillac Ranch, where there are 12 Caddys buried nose first in the desert, in passing too. I guess somebody calls it art. of course, there are always Harley Dealers to stop at too.
Today we got stopped short of our goal by the most incredible storms. We could see them, there were two cloud formations, off in the distance. Thankfully we were smart enough to stop and just made our hotel when the clouds came together and it poured. Five minutes after we checked in, the power went off for over two hours. So, we are in Joplin Mo. tonight. Tomorrow we hope to make it to Springfield Il. where we will stay for two nights and explore all of the Abraham Lincoln stuff that is there.