Leg 4, pedaling, ended at the Midway Cafe, in Adrian, Texas. And, so, the official beginning of Leg 5 as to Route 66 starts there.
Gas stations, restored and in ruins, are a virtual milemarker for Route 66 travels. Like the gasoline that was pumped, burned, and ‘lost’ into the molecular and thermal detritus of the universe, these stations exist now only as echoes as a former time, and in some cases barely standing echoes..
New Mexico is here: