WTH, snow this morning??? But we did get back on the road and made our way further east with a good travel day.

Where are we today ?

Van Horn Texas

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      A very quiet night here at the Deming Walmart, cool and great for sleeping. Even with the time change I was still awake at 4 am, (41F) so puttered around for a while cereal, coffee, computing then waiting for the sun to come up got out for a walkabout the parking lot, no big rush today only going a couple hundred miles so just enjoying the quiet morning times here with my sweetie.
     It was 7 am when I started my walking, but it was cold (now 33F) out there AND it started to snow! What the heck ? Ok I walked around the Walmart for about 45 minutes, much warmer there. Back home replaced a cupboard latch, then back to the store for a couple of grocery items I forgot yesterday and refill our RO water jug. Still snowing supposed to stop about 9am. Hmm not happening just large fluffy snow flakes. So at 9:30 we headed on out eastbound on I-10.

what is this whit stuff? at least it is not staying in the ground

         So here we go other than the snow fluffies, dull day and some rain a good travel day no high winds like yesterday .

       About 45 minutes later we pulled into the Las Cruses Rest area, to visit the Roadrunner again. We had missed him for a couple of years because he had deteriorated, and was rebuilt now with recycled materials, so cool to see especially up close.

love this Roadrunner

      I walked about took couple of pictures then decided to make lunch. it was 10:30 but where we are going we will have another time change, so actually 11:30. Start adjusting now. This is 2 days in a row.

from the rest area looking to Las Cruses 

     A beautiful award winning rest area and a great place to stop for the night if the schedule suited us.

      About an Hour later we exited New Mexico and Entered Texas , to whip through El Paso. Very little traffic and no slow downs, just a few miles 2 lanes due to construction but not a big deal.

Thanks for the views New Mexico

here we are Texas now

passed this cute water tower

snow in those mountains her in El Paso

        Through the east end once through town we stopped at the Flying J to fuel up, Chatted with the fellow next to us from London Ontario , such a small world. Then back on the road again good travel day.

just cruising along I-10  pretty quiet and not much to see 
any more, mind you we have driven 
this for for 12 of our 13 years
but we can make good time.

       Then now at 2:30 pm we pulled into the Van Horn Rest area (now 3:30pm local time) Parked and walked about for a bit stretch our legs. There was a fellow came by to ask for some money so he could get some gas for his car, he was pretty well on empty. Hmm. ok. I remembered 4 years ago helping a young fellow out on this stretch of road as well. He ran out of gas at the next rest area. So I told him we don't carry cash but I can give him 2 gallons of gas that I always carry. At least I know he got some gas and not cash for whatever. Think I did my good deed for today, makes me feel good anyway.

love the restrooms in these Texas rest areas

nice picnic shelters too 

       We enjoyed some afternoon reading  between walkabouts then at 5:30 time to whip up supper, Tonight an easy one, a small salad, and our leftovers from the Casino Del Sol in Tucson. Heated up my fish and chips in the fry pan and Suzie's Shrimp Alfredo, easy in the microwave. Push the button on the dash turn the genny on and poof her food is ready. We had scanned the TV stations but of course none here. Almost in the middle of nowhere , No problem plugged in our DVD played and will watch a movie tonight. No matter to me whatever Suzie wants is good with me.

quick easy and fresh tasting not soggy

this hit the spot and she even shared
 a bit of her shrimp alfredo with me too

Maybe a sunset later, but is 7 pm already with time changes
If I get a sunset will post in tomorrow

      We are still adjusting to these time changes 2 hours lost in 2 days, it will take some catching up  and still have another hour yet to go before we get home. We are now 1 hour behind Ontario.
      All in all we had a wonderful travel day, got to where we wanted to be and relax get ready for a long travel day tomorrow, just because we can.
      Thanks for joining our travels and hope you had a great day as well.

227 miles today

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 Where have we been this Winter?

Tucson AZ to Deming NM, and a few stops in between.

Where are we today ?

Demin NM

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      A nice quiet nights sleep at the casino and up early enjoying coffees and some computing time, waiting for the sunrise then eventually hit the road. A few more miles and vehicle service to get done along the way. As the sun came up shortly after 6 am I took a nice walkabout this area and another through the casino caught a nice parking lot sunrise.

a nice sunrise again

soon ready to hit the road

         Then at 7:30 am we headed to the Pilot in Tucson to fuel up then down the road to Benson to the Super Lube Plus to get an oil change and grease job on both, the coach and the car. Plus we get a free crash (car wash) as well, BONUS!  Have been stopping here every year for the last 13 years usually twice for their fast friendly service.  We got there at 9 am and were done by 10, down the road in Benson topped up our propane, we good to go again.

love their service here fast friendly and efficient
plus they know us by name when we pull in

        Then heading east on I-10. we stopped at the Texas Canyon rest area we love, the scenery and amazing rock formations. Time to whip up an early lunch at 11 am just because we can.

have checked out this area a few times , very interesting scenery

      Then the Texas Canyon rest area, really have to stop here. and a good place to make lunch.

love these rock formations

Cochice and Geronimo used to hang out in this area

       Then more heading east in I-10, over the years have never seen this many desert flowers. they are amazing.

wow, yellow desert flowers

        Not long we entered into New Mexico and another time zone. lost an hour.

         Only here in the southwest do we see these never ending trains, they go for miles.

a  nice eastbound drive on I-10
not too busy

       Mind you we did have a windy day, mostly head winds up to 37 mph , kinda slowed us down a bit, but not really a problem , probably ate up some fuel economy but we have lots of fuel so not an issue.
       We arrived at the Deming New Mexico Walmart at 2:30 pm (3:30 local time) for a nice spot to stop for the night. Checked out the store, came home a relaxed a bit,

not to many rigs here right now

      After getting set up and a shopping list I headed back into Walmart to stock up (this pays our rent) And bought a pre cooked rotisserie chicken for supper, just because we could and only $4:98) good for 2 meals and maybe even some soup as well.

added to our salad was wonderful 

      Chatted with a neighbour for a bit, whipped up dishes and I managed to catch nice sunset in the process. Thanks for the heads up Suzie, I was doing dishes.

now that was a very nice ending
to another good travel day

      Now to kick back and enjoy a nice quiet Walmart evening and watch a movie or something on the tube, before we head on out in the morning.
      Thanks for the visit and hope y'all had a great day as well.

220 miles today

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 Where have we been this Winter?

Getting closer to Arizona.

Where are we today ? 

Deming New Mexico

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     Another great sleep here at this Walmart in Forst Stockton, pretty quiet and up early as usual. Nice that the parking lots are lighted and secure. So got a couple of walkabouts before sunrise , and then at 7:45 sun up and we on the road only a couple miles to I-10 and another easy drive. One very long road right to Deming New Mexico. Arrived at 2:30 pm but with the time change 1:30pm.

here we are in New Mexico
the land of Enchantment

two of these high end coaches part here think they may be tour buses.
notice 5 air conditioners on the roof

          One thing we really love about the interstate especially today very little traffic the first hour saw no trucks and only 3 cars passed us. A rest area every couple of hours to get out for a stretch and used the facilities easy off and easy on.

just set the cruise control on
Sirius radio playing and enjoying the tunes

not sure about the lines but
excellent roads today

          Once we got to the junction where I-20 joins us then a bit more traffic and trucks but moving right along no slow downs all day. At 11 am stopped at a rest area just before El Paso and made a bite to eat for lunch.

here we are 10 and 20 El Paso is where we will go         

just cane from San Antonio

looks like army atvs

Suzie enjoying reading on this long boring road

this be a cute water tower for Patsy

       Coming into El Paso long the roads no construction , much better than 12 years ago.

so pretty looking

         Then just slipped through El Paso, so nice that most of the construction is done and 3-4 lanes all the way through no slowdown here at all and light traffic on a Thursday at noon. A bit of construction at Mm  13 for a couple of miles but moving well. Then stopped at the Flying J in Anthony Texas another great price for gas $2.08 a gallon so topped up  and made our way into New Mexico through Las Cruces to Deming, always a nice stopping point for us have stopped here too many times to count over the years.

a bit of construction but moving well

Suzie is doing what she needs to do right now

another small water tower

        Now we know we are in New Mexico. Dust can and will happen we know have been in a couple over the years.Just get off the road and wait until they are done.

          Now we stopped and parked our coach at the Walmart in Deming NM, right under a "no Overnight Parking sign" hmm. Ok inside to see the manager and she told us ok to park an RV here over night at the west end next to Wendy's , under that sign, just no truckers. They park at the east end of this lot, nice that we are separated. Lots of trucks and lots of Rv's but we are by ourselves.

we checked and can park here

          Now we can relax enjoy our Happy Hour and do some reading.  Even got a few walkabouts the parking area and the Walmart picked up a 5 lb chicken, 5 bucks for tomorrow night's supper on our Weber Q in a campground.

a nice Walmart sunset just before 5 pm

      Supper tonight the rest of our chicken pot pie and a salad. Quick easy and is tasty.

this hit the spot tonight

    We had a great travel day a lot on miles done in a short time. Relax for the night and a bit further on down the road tomorrow.
     Thanks for dropping in today we having a ball as usual and hope you did as well.

340 miles today

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 Where have we been this Winter?