Where are we today ?
We had a pretty decent sleep last night at the rest area and were ready to go this morning. So coffees, computing etc. Just waiting for the sunrise (don't travel in the dark, to much road kill).
So 7:45 we on the road . It's so nice at the rest area, we all hooked up and ready to go only about 20 seconds from the interstate.
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| 483 miles today ! WOW |
Now getting on the interstate here is a breeze. Don't need Suzie to navigate today she can relax, compute, have a snooze , walkabout the coach, whatever she likes. All I do is follow I-10 (forever it seems like). Not much to see but we can make good time. The speed limit is 80 mph (128 kmph) just set the cruise control on 66 mph. Our coach runs good and we get 6.7 mpg instead of 7 mpg but we do make good time. Traffic passing us like we are standing still. Bonus is we have the Sirius Satellite radio, tunes from the 60's all day long, even switch over for a while to some Christmas carols as well.
But really not much traffic and very few trucks, Sunday is a good travel day.
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| many hours of this scenery |
There is a few curves in the road, just to make it interesting, couple small mountains and small towns to glance at, but I-10 here in Texas just goes on forever. We have travelled this route many times and seen the sights that we want to see.
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| thats the speed limit 80mph |
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| a few sights to see, been there done that. |
When we reached this area we remembered this same day last year in the same area only were were on I-20, coming from Midland Texas.
We left Midland Texas after being stranded in a Walmart there for 3 nights. Freezing rain, black ice, snow, sleet and very cold temperatures. If You have been a follower for a while you will remember, our you can click on this LINK and move back a few days. The weather was brutal.
Further along today we changed time zones, now into Mountain time, we gained and hour!
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| nice overpasses in El Paso Texas |
But this particular Sunday they decided to close the Interstate for road work in El paso Texas. But no problem we at home and enjoyed the 3 mph crawling along for about 40 minutes. Then resumed our travels.
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| Will be nice when its all done |
Our destination today was the Flying J in Anthony Texas to fuel up and maybe stay the night. But it was only 3pm our time. But now only 2 pm in this time zone. Hmm..... Fuel up good price again here, but we really don't need to stop yet do we? It's only 2 pm. The roads are great, not much traffic, no rain and no wind. So lets carry on. Plus we now we have road music on our satellite with cousin Brucie, so we can now just boogie along and that's we did.
Our next option is the Walmart in Deming New Mexico, only another 83 miles and we are doing good. Travelled the whole day, stopped at every rest area along the way, walkabouts, exercise and drink lotsa water, we are good to go, feel like a million dollars, so lets go!
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| love the fuel prices still |
New Mexico the Land of Enchantment , yes it is!
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| Here we come New Mexico |
Passed by Las Cruces Rest area but it is heading eastbound. So glad to see that the Roadrunner has been refurbished and back in place. (he was not there last year). Gonna have to stop by and visit him in the spring if we can.
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| This Roadrunner has been here for years, love to see him/her |
Actually stopped at the Walmart in Las Cruces to make a phone call to daughter number 2. She was visiting with Ma (her gramma) at the hospital. Ma is in isolation again with an infection. This is the first time in a few weeks that we have been able to actually talk to Ma directly. She does not want a phone in her room. She is doing as well as can be expected. Thanks Jess so much for the call we really did appreciate it!
Now we arrived at the Walmart in Deming NM about 5:20pm (4:20pm local time) so still daylight, got to the RV parking area checking in with security here and began supper. So easy preheat the oven, 250f for put in the leftovers about 20-30 minutes while I make a salad.
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| here we are with a few other rv'ers |
Before we know it we were sitting down to a tasty meal, really hit the spot, after a long but easy travel day.
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| did hit the spot |
Tomorrow now we have short travel day to Benson Arizona, want to get a few things done there then on to Winterhaven (Pilot Knob) California for a couple weeks, at least thats our plan.
Thanks again for the visit and hope your day was wonderful too.
Tonight posted by George
Check out the interactive map below to see where we have been this Winter.
