Morning!  After research lastnight,  I noticed our route was using US Highway 550 which a section is also known as the  Million Dollar Highway.  This route is NOT STAA approved for trucks. The New Mexico Department of Transportation says this is approved for 48 foot trailers,  but not 53 foot....

Welcome to Tucumcari,  New Mexico.  Lastnight the shippers took 5 hours to load me. By then, it was too late to really drive anywhere.  We camped out in their parking lot until this morning.  We covered 498 miles today as we made our way North on US Highway 287 and...