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| Leaving Carlsbad NM and back along the 62/180 through the Guadeloupe Mountain Range across to El Paso. We have been monitoring NOAA.com as the Guadeloupe Mountain area can be very risky with strong gusting side winds but all ok for today and we again pass through this stunning area..... |
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| After the Guadeloupe Mountains the landscape changes first to salt pans then back to flat plains/prairies. We drove 87 miles in a straight line through the prairies and saw not just cattle and horses but also antelope which of course got YorkieMan singing the song for today "Home Home On The Range" !! The fascinating thing to us about these flat plains areas is that you feel you are at sea level but we are in fact at an elevation of 4000/5000ft ! |
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| Another shot of the salt pan area.... |
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| A water tower and listening to Willie Nelson singing On The Road Again one of my favourite country songs and one of my most favourite line dances...I'm a happy bunny......and no I wasn't dancing in the truck :0 |
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| This was taken just after passing by El Paso, we chose the loop road as several folk have said do not go into or stay in El Paso. A slight hiccup as the loop road we discovered is not yet finished, there's a big chunk in the middle that is under construction !!!! Luckily the diversion route is a road along the side of the new loop road and apart from heavy traffic and lots of traffic lights we get back up on to the loop and merge with the I-10..... |
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| The New Mexico Welcome Centre on the 1-10 just after El Paso I chose this photo rather than a closer shot to try to show the sand dunes......we didn't venture into the dunes after reading the beware of rattle snakes signs !!! A few miles farther down the I-10 there is about 5/6 miles of cattle markets/pens...... |
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| And a train to complete the picture......the railroad runs along side of the I-10 :) |
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| Over-night at Deming NM and back on the road to Benson AZ......todays journey was not particularly pleasant as we had buffeting winds, dust/sand storms for most of journey plus rain, sleet and sunshine...... |
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| But hey the busy railroad line runs alongside the I-10 for the whole of the journey so I'm happy !! |
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| One of the many dust/sand storms, there were warning signs and advise on the radio what to do if it zero visibility......... |
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| Welcome to Arizona, more dust/sand storms....... |
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| Our home on wheels at The Texas Canyon rest area, Arizona...... beautiful but a quick photo and back into the truck as the wind was strong and cold !!!!!!! We are now at Butterfield RV Resort in Benson Arizona, a really nice campsite, 40 miles from Tucson and Saguaro National Parks.......today we had some retail therapy, we hit the malls in Tucson.... For our golfing friends you will have seen that the first day of the World Match Play in Tucson was stopped due to snow and Sunday the players were looking extremely cold, well it's still really cold at night and not that warm during the day but it is blue sky and sunny and the locals say it will be in the 80's by the weekend :) Our furnace is working well but we did wonder why the a/c kicked in at 5am this morning when the inside temp was 47F........ On that note I'll say more soon from the Happy but not so hot Campers...... |
Hi Sue + Michael,
ReplyDeleteSeems incredible that you are able to drive for 87 miles in a straight line.Looks that you are having an eventful trip with weather.I think that you should adopt Willie Nelson`s "On the road again as your anthem for your trips,one of my favourites too.Mr Bloor was in a pickle trying to arrange a get together,he proposed dates in March until I told him that you were not back until 28/3/13.Ah well at least he is on the case,and hopefully we can get something arranged.Take care.
Cheers,
Ann + Dave
We do sing it often also "I Love Trucks I love Big Trucks" !!!
ReplyDeleteM picked up email from Jim hopefully we can get together early April if not looks like end June.....all of this retirement travelling....
Take care
M & S