Ted is Almost Home

 Ted is almost at the end of his first cross-country journey! He crossed into New Mexico yesterday and is ambling towards home today. Tomorrow he should be back in his own driveway!

I hear Ted wanted to see the buffalo at the Cherokee Trading Post, but this was all that's left:

Ted passed back into Texas! Check out a previous post for some fun Texas facts.

Ted visited the Leaning Water Tower in Groom, TX. The water tower no longer functions, and is purely decorative now. Ralph Britten bought it after it was slated for demolition and used it as a sign for his truck stop and tourist info center. For Christmas, the town of Groom lights up a large star on the top of the tower.

 Here is Ted at the New Mexico Border:

•  The Rio Grande in New Mexico is the longest river in the US
• Yucca, New Mexico's state flower, is used to make rope
• The world's first atomic bomb was detonated on the White Sands testing range outside of Alamogordo
• The "white sand" is actually composed of gypsum crystals
• New Mexico records the highest number of Catholics in any western state
• New Mexico's area is around 121,665 square miles, but has only 225 square miles of surface water area
• In Carrizozo it is forbidden for a female to appear unshaven in public
• More than 500, 100-million year old dinosaur footprints have been identified in Clayton Lake State Park
• At Lake Valley, miners discovered silver in veins so pure that the metal could be sawn off in blocks, instead of having to be dug out by traditional methods
•  In New Mexico, it is against the law to dance around a Sombrero
•  The town of Deming is known for its annual duck races

Ted found the famed Bates Motel, but he will NOT be staying there, no matter how much hot water they have!

Home again, home again!