This morning we slept in until 7AM and treated ourselves to breakfast at the café in the campground - great food and weak coffee. The conversation at the tables was mainly about coyotes and mountain lions and how they are attacking everything from chickens to dogs.
We headed out about 8:30 AM and stopped for diesel within 15 minutes since there is no fuel for about 80 miles. Then it was due west on I-10 towards El Paso about100 miles away. Traffic was minimal and as we headed West the terrain changed.
The scrub brush changed to large boulders and craggy hills full of rocks. Around 11AM we were in the midst of El Paso traffic. Heavy construction on I-10, crazy drivers in 4 lanes, and trucks and more trucks made the drive through the city a challenge. To the left, we could see Ciudad Juarez, Mexico just about a mile away with just the river dividing the two cities and two countries.
As we entered New Mexico, we were immediately pulled into one lane and then stopped and photographed by Immigration and Border Control Officers and their German Shepherds. Nice doggy!! No, we do not have illegal immigrants in our trailer…..
Slowly but surely the elevation was rising as we advanced through the State. At 1 PM we crossed the Continental Divide at 4530 feet. Its funny how I don’t think of the divide occurring as far south as New Mexico. The elevation flattened off, the rain began to be heavier and there was a pronounced reduction in towns and cars. There was a great expanse of fields with some sheep and goats and some evidence of snow. We pulled into Lordsburg and our campsite at 3:30 PM and then realized that we had entered the Mountain Time Zone…So an early arrival at 2:30PM.
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