{"id":1055,"date":"2025-01-22T10:50:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T17:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2025-01-22T10:50:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T17:50:39","slug":"tucumcari-route-66-koa-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/?p=1055","title":{"rendered":"Tucumcari\/Route 66 KOA Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koa.com\/campgrounds\/tucumcari\/\">Tucumcari\/Route 66 KOA Journey<\/a><br>6299 Quay Road AL<br>Tucumcari, NM 88401<br><br>575-461-1841<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">August 4, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/081C63CE-DD30-4C51-BA6E-7BCF05BE15EE_1_105_c.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/081C63CE-DD30-4C51-BA6E-7BCF05BE15EE_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"Black pickup truck and trailer parked on a gravel pad next to a large shade tree on a grass site. There is a road sign reading &quot;New Mexico&quot; at the front corner of the site.\" class=\"wp-image-1056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/081C63CE-DD30-4C51-BA6E-7BCF05BE15EE_1_105_c.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/081C63CE-DD30-4C51-BA6E-7BCF05BE15EE_1_105_c-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ratandfox.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/081C63CE-DD30-4C51-BA6E-7BCF05BE15EE_1_105_c-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tucumcari KOA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had meant to leave the previous KOA in Grants, NM early, but because of the time change, I was late getting started and had a long, stressful drive to Tucumcari. Mister had been getting more agitated every day in the truck, and we still had a long way to go. I gave him some CBD pet chews to try to settle him down, but it didn&#8217;t help and he continued to cry all the way, which of course got Davey complaining, too. Then Davey managed to unzip his carrier and came out and started roaming around the truck. I stopped at a rest stop after about two hours for lunch. Gave Mister another CBD chew and secured Davey&#8217;s carrier with zip ties and safety pins to hold the zippers closed. Put towels in their carriers so they&#8217;d have more covers to burrow in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, soon after leaving the rest stop, we got caught up in a downpour and a huge stop-and-go traffic jam. Eventually came to a disabled semi truck in the left lane and out of the traffic jam \u2014 only to run immediately into road construction and more stop-and-go traffic. Fortunately, the kitties were calm through the traffic jams, probably because we were creeping along so slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally arrived at the KOA around 4:30 PM. Then ran into another problem \u2014 couldn&#8217;t get the trailer off the hitch, no matter how high I jacked up the tongue. In desperation, I went to the office for some advice, and the host suggested checking the coupler, which I did, and found that, sure enough, the latch had fallen shut and was still attached to the coupler. So I finally got the trailer unhitched and leveled and set up. By then, it was nearly 6 PM and I was so exhausted, I just made myself some dinner and went to bed early. Can&#8217;t really say anything about the campground other than that it was there! I really appreciated how helpful the guy at the office was, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tucumcari\/Route 66 KOA Journey6299 Quay Road ALTucumcari, NM 88401575-461-1841 August 4, 2021 I had meant to leave the previous KOA in Grants, NM early, but because of the time change, I was late getting started and had a long, stressful drive to Tucumcari. 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