Getting blown on down the road, heading east... making good time.

Where are we today ?

Fabens Tx Rest Area

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             Great sleep last night and up early as usual, walkabout and getting ready to hit the road. 

nice sunrise over the casitas

Ducks and one goose by the pond

            We hit the road just before 8 am and in no real hurry enjoyed the drive. Arriving at our planned stop 2:30 pm, but another time zone so actually 3:30 pm. 302 miles is further than we like to travel in a day, and another 2 days like this, then we will stay put for a while.
             Gonna be a windy day and all went well for us we had a tail wind all day. Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. 35 mph winds with gusts to 59 mph (95 kph) wow !, But had no issues just drove a tiny bit slower then usual. We really only noticed the strong winds when we opened the door. Or for about 40 minutes between Las Cruces and El Paso. 

New Mexico

        New Mexico rest area and welcome center.

       Then saw a few neat water towers along the way as well.

      Next stopped at the Las Cruces Rest area made a bite for lunch and a nice walkabout, actually like a blow about with these major winds ! Even with the chin strap on my hat it blew off.

          Now to decide carry on or stay here. But we only had 80 miles to go to our destination and really wanted to get through El Paso this afternoon as opposed to the morning rush hour. So onward we travelled a bit slower yet.

from Las cruces to El Paso
not too bad

     Then with this brutal cross wind for a while the tumbleweeds were flying across the highway, You can't miss them and when you hit them they just go poof! Disintegrate into dust, amazing and no vehicle damage either.

Tumble weeds, Suzie took this, I am hanging on to the
steering wheel tight

    Here was the tie up with this brutal accident, but we were only slowed down for a few minutes, not stopped. Rubber neckers checking it out.

           We fueled up at the Flying J on the east end of El Paso. Then on to the Texas rest area just past Fabens TX.

          The real bonus today was the best gas milage we have ever gotten 8.5 mpg compared to our usual 7.2 mpg and gas only $1.72.9 a gallon.

     After fuelling up at the Flying J in El Paso only 14 more miles to the rest area where we will spend the night. Had enough for today.

still blowing pretty nasty out there

Texas map at the rest area

love the open air restrooms here, nice mosaic tile work

          Relax for a while, walkabout for a bit here in the wind, compute for a bit then heat up some of the Turkey chili I made yesterday. Don't use our genny our Microwave often but does come in hang. It was oh so tasty and sure hit the spot. Just added some toast, celery and carrots sticks. And of course extra spices for me.

yummy

302 miles today

        This was our very good travel day considering the wind, that actually worked in our favour.

        There is some road noise here from I-10 but barely audible with our dual pane windows  closed. We will sleep like babies.

        Looking forward to another fine travel day again tomorrow, less wind in the forecast so should be awesome.

        Thanks for joining our journey and hope your day was a great one too.

Check out the interactive map below to see where we have been this Fall and Winter..