Feb 16/2019 Weather cool 55, sunny but super wwwwwwiiiinnndddyyy! Wind alert all the way to Las Cruces, New Mexico. 258 miles. We left Tucson and drove east on I10 with west winds and some sideways gusts 25 to 45 mph. Thank goodness most of it was pushing us.
At times we had tumbleweeds blowing right into our coach. Billy was shocked when a few hit us really hard! No swerving..... Early on (2:30 pm) we found a good spot at Las Cruces KOA. The wind alert was on till 10 pm so we did not open any slides, no use looking to tear our toppers! It was cool and down to 35 by morning (elevation here is 4,000 ft) but the campground has a great view from high up over the city at night. We snuggled up and the wind let up by bedtime.
Feb 17/2019 Weather warmer 64, sunny. Wind nothing like yesterday, a bit behind us still. On our way to Fort Stockton today. 300 miles. There is not much across this part of Texas once you get past El Paso. Darn that city always seems to be a bit of a snag for us. One of our least favourite drives on I10. Last year we had to detour off I10 for a short closure thru downtown..... Billy thought of it first thing this morning. And yes there is another 2 mile stretch down today! Crap. We really need to get a handle on this. We have a route around the city using the N375 loop and avoiding most of the Franklin Mountains which have unfriendly grades to deal with. After today we are printing the friendly bypass route out and keeping it with our map for Texas. No more going thru El Paso on I10. Weekdays it is always extremely busy, and now two years in a row on a Sunday part of I10 is closed and a detour is setup.
So here we sit in gridlock inching to the exit and the detour. 2 hours later,,,,,, ugh. Yes 2 hours from coming into El Paso and getting out of El Paso. Never again. The Co-pilot (Rosey that be you girl) needs to print out those driving instructions and have them ready for next year. Rest of the trip was a breeze to Fort Stockton RV Park where we will have a nice home cooked supper in the small cafe. Small things make our day good again :)
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| tumbleweeds blowing everywhere |
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| Las Cruces KOA view over the city |
Feb 17/2019 Weather warmer 64, sunny. Wind nothing like yesterday, a bit behind us still. On our way to Fort Stockton today. 300 miles. There is not much across this part of Texas once you get past El Paso. Darn that city always seems to be a bit of a snag for us. One of our least favourite drives on I10. Last year we had to detour off I10 for a short closure thru downtown..... Billy thought of it first thing this morning. And yes there is another 2 mile stretch down today! Crap. We really need to get a handle on this. We have a route around the city using the N375 loop and avoiding most of the Franklin Mountains which have unfriendly grades to deal with. After today we are printing the friendly bypass route out and keeping it with our map for Texas. No more going thru El Paso on I10. Weekdays it is always extremely busy, and now two years in a row on a Sunday part of I10 is closed and a detour is setup.
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| while we wait to get to the exit; cars flying thru the median to get out of gridlock |
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