wingate

got off to a relatively quick start this morning for the 10.5 hours driving from austin to santa fe. it's mostly a boring drive - a lot of west texas, feedlots, etc - with lots of flashbacks from when i rode my bicycle the very same way when i went to alaska, but the sense of knowing we were finally on vacation was powerful.

in my never-ending quest to one day have the time and money to travel the US and photograph post offices in small towns and big cities before they disappear, i present to you the post office in wingate, texas.

in lots of small texas towns there will be a sign on the main road through town directing you toward the post office. we took the advice of this one and turned, finding this quaint little outpost.

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got into santa fe not too late but tired. we stayed at the el rey inn, which i would highly recommend - it's a renovted old route 66 motor court motel. classic new mexican dinner - nice and spicy and then retired early. no internet - so got behind.