Feb. 26, 2010 – Day Five: General Francisco de Coronado and the first Spanish explorers, arrived in the Albuquerque area sometime around 1540; we had arrived around 2100 hours the previous evening. Heading out of Albuquerque on Friday morning,
our first order of business was to refuel at the Clean Energy CNG station located at the Albuquerque airport.
We had gone 600 miles since our last fuel stop in Elk City, Oklahoma. The Clean Energy station is an unmanned operation and after swiping our credit card we fueled up our shuttle and the DyneTek/TGT trailer with 3600psi CNG. Departing the Albuquerque airport we continued west on I-40 heading into the San Mateo Mountains.
The shuttle performed well in the mountains, climbing to elevations as high as 7,000 feet, and by 1500 hours we were crossing the border into Arizona. Arizona gave our ship no quarter as we climbed a succession of ranges including the Buck Mountains, Black Mountains and the Hualapai Mountains. We made our way into Kingman Arizona around 2100 hours and decided to call it a day as the California border lay just 40 miles to the west.
Check out Google Maps as we chart the trip
