on the road again part two

Early Thursday morning, we packed up to get out of the creep motel and back on the road.  We had a seriously long way to go.  One of the first stops we made was in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.  Every time my family makes this drive, we stop at the grave site of Billy the Kid.  We like to pay our respects to Billy by throwing pennies on his grave.

There are two different tributes to Billy the Kid in Fort Sumner.  The first is in the middle of the city and is the "official" Billy the Kid museum.  It was pretty big so I figured that was the place to stop.  It had been a really long time since I had visited Billy's grave.

We searched for the tombstone but couldn't find it.  It was early in the morning so the museum wasn't open and we couldn't ask anyone about the grave.  We decided we needed to drive on.  I was really sad because I had been telling D about this excursion for weeks.

d posing as a wild west outlaw

d was not happy about posing in the wagon

On our way out of the city, we saw a billboard advertising the "real" grave site of Billy the Kid.  We turned at the exit and drove for a few miles (enough to make us think that we were lost) until we finally found the site that I remembered.  It was like a ghost town - we were the only visitors ever it seemed.  We tossed some pennies on the kid's grave and took some pictures.

the elusive tombstone

the tombstone is locked because people have tried to steal it

note that this is authentic grave site of billy the kid

After that is was back on the road.  We were no where near Texas and we had a long way to go after that.  Finally we crossed the Texas border and it was time to celebrate.  Katelyn wasn't born in Texas but she got there as fast as she could.

finally made it to texas!

It was really sad every time we had to put Katelyn back into her car seat because very time we took her out, she would stare at us and smile.  She did not like being stuck in that seat for so long.  The rest of the trip was pretty much a blur but we finally made it to Houston just before midnight and were never so glad to get out of the car