Spring Training Trip - Day 66

We left Ft. Stockton, TX about 7:45 am for a relatively short ride to our next stop at Las Cruces, NM.  It was essentially “us and the truckers” heading west on an empty highway across west Texas on Easter Sunday morning.  The speed limit is 80 mph on this part of the highway and there was plenty of room to maintain separation.  There were clear skies, no wind to speak of, and the roads were dry.  We also gained an hour as we crossed into the Mountain Standard Time Zone, so we arrived in Las Cruces, NM about 12:00 pm local time. We are staying at the Hacienda RV resort, right off of I-10.  It is a great RV Park and we have stayed there on each of our previous trips east.

After hooking-up, we decided to eat lunch at a Mexican restaurant in a nearby section of town called “Old Masilla”, a restored old Spanish community with shops and restaurants.  While eating, we were serenaded by a mariachi band in full regalia that was making the rounds of all the Mexican restaurants in the neighborhood.

After lunch, Pat was not feeling much better so we decided to find an urgent care center to get an antibiotic prescription for what has developed into a sinus infection.  There was supposed to be an urgent care center nearby open on Sunday, but when we went there it was closed, on account of the Easter Holiday I suppose.  So, the only other option was the local hospital ER.

The hospital is a very large trauma center and really busy.  The emergency room experience is never any fun no matter where or when you go and this time was no exception.  Everyone is thrown into the same “pot” and you wait your turn according to the need to treat the more serious cases first, even if they come in after you get on the list.  In my case, it was a simple diagnosis of a sinus infection and a single antibiotic prescription.  Nevertheless, I waited for over three hours for a two minute diagnosis.  The next adventure was finding a pharmacy open on late Easter Sunday afternoon.  We finally found one open at an Albertson’s market and got the prescription filled.

We had dinner at the RV and an early-to-bed for Pat.  The plan tomorrow is a day trip to White Sands National Monument, about 50 miles away. We had stopped there on a previous trip but couldn't spend much time exploring and wanted to go back.

Day 66 Pictures