I included this picture, which is just a right out of the camera snapshot, to show what a lot of the drive was actually like. This image shows my new Toyota RAV4 Hybrid parked on a side road by Interstate 40 while Neil and I were taking pictures of windmills( https://pbase.com/dlgphoto/image/169968796). Note the flat horizon, plain blue sky and basically farming or grazing land as far as the eye can see. This is what a lot of Oklahoma, Texas and eastern New Mexico was like. But all the towns along the way provided a lot of photo opportunities.