Day 8 (April 6): (just outside of) Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM to Abilene, TX (296 miles)

Woke up and opted to forgo Carlsbad Caverns to get closer to Dallas and beat the rush. Our journey was no nonsense. We did take a snap of our making it to Texas and the spot we landed in Abilene's KOA. Drive was very windy!