Midland, Texas to Las Cruces, New Mexico

349 miles today via I 20 and I 10 to the Coachlight Hotel and RV Park just south of I 10 in Las Cruces. We left Midland without getting the low priced fuel that we had found, but figured we had enough fuel to make it to New Mexico. Ha! We bucked a stout headwind yesterday driving from Frisco, TX to Midland, and again today. The news indicated a breeze of about 20-25 mph directly out of the southwest, right at our nose! The fuel gauge dropped like a rock as we crossed the flatlands of West Texas. Just south of El Paso we saw a station advertising Diesel fuel at $2.09! Turns out that was the cash price, but even at $2.14 credit price it was a great price! Needless to say, we filled 'er up.

The great, grey clouds were rolling in as we left the Oil Patch, more formally know as the Permian Basin. The bad weather held off, and the traffic thinned out.

And the speed limits went up….

As I 20 and I 10 merge, the landscape changes into some beautiful and craggy mountains.

And the highway cuts through some interesting rock formations.

El Paso surprised us with it's size. The city seemed to go on forever, but I suppose it's because the city is stretched along the border between Mexico and the United States. This interchange is but one of many, with the top span curving to the left and into Mexico across the Zaragosa Bridge.

Thirty some miles north on I 10 led us across the Texas/New Mexico border. We had already left Central Daylight Time, and picked up an hour in the process. Cool!

We are in site 5 of a fairly rustic but nice and quiet park. Just as we finished setting up, a large thundershower came through, but only lasted a few minutes.

Gotta go now. It's time to go to dinner at our favorite Las Cruces restaurant, the Double Eagle! Located in downtown old town Mesilla, near the temporary holding cell of Billy the Kid, it's a great place for a relaxing meal.

TTYL