We left the RV Park on time this
morning and after filling-up with gas we were on the road by 8:30 am. Traffic was light through Phoenix and we
followed the GPS instructions to leave I-10 and head east on US Highways 60/70
traveling north of Tucson. We hoped we were avoiding death by GPS, but decided
to give it a try. After crossing through
some mountain passes with spectacular views (at least that what Judy said as I
was watching the road), the road flattened out across high desert landscape. We
traveled through hardscrabble little towns, both inside and out of part the Apache
reservation we passed through and copper mining areas along the way that did
not appear to be very active. A common
theme we have seen in our desert travels is that people just leave their “stuff”
out back when they are through with it.
I guess they have few options to dispose of it so the result is an amazing
amount of junk, clutter and trash just about everywhere around their houses and
outbuildings.
We intersected I-10 at Lordsburg,
NM and continued East. The wind started
to pick up and it became a bit of a battle as we approached Las Cruces. We arrived at the RV park about 4:30 pm and settled
in for the night.
The forecast doesn’t look good for
tomorrow. There is a cold front passing
through the local area tonight with winds of 20–40 mph forecast into
tomorrow. Our planned destination tomorrow
of Fort Stockton, TX is forecast to have freezing rain and sleet into tomorrow
night. We’ll see how it all looks in the morning and maybe stay here tomorrow
and skip our planned extra day in San Antonio.
No pictures today.
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