Ramblin on West

Feb 4 in Fort Stockton, Texas and Feb 5 in Las Cruces, New Mexico

Just before Fort Stockton

The weather is cool about 60, clear sky and sunny.   Great for driving.  Nights have been cold.  We are not hooking up our water hose,, it will freeze for sure.  Both nights had temps at 26 for about 6 hours.   Both places are over 3,000 feet and temps drop 30 degrees and more in the desert.  Brrr.   We have our bed preheated by our electric blanket and keeping us toasty all night.  The interstate 10 gives vistas that look like a 100 miles away in every direction.  Nothing.  Very few towns and less truck stops for diesel.  Just   Tumbleweed.  Cactus.  Rocks.  Plateaus.   Buttes.   Wide open country.  

Big pickers on these cactus

We plan our stop in Texas at Fort Stockton RV Park (old KOA)  rather than Van Horn.  1000 feet less elevation, so it will not be as cold at night.  And they have a great little cafe in the campground with good home cooked meals.   We wish more campgrounds had a little cafe, you meet others from the park and always lots of good stories to trade.

View from our campsite at Lac Cruces is really pretty

Las Cruces KOA is at 4000 feet but we checked the forecast and its going to be about the same as Fort Stockton at night.  Definitely have to check this, some campers at the Cafe in F.S. told us the night before it was down to 18 !!!!!   I am a Weather Watcher.  Al Roker is my best friend:)
We would love to stay in Las Cruces for a week and ride, there is quite a bit of beautiful scenery but the forecast is just a tad to cold for us, even with all our leathers on.  Maybe in the Spring, we can always come back this way.