The nights have been quite chilly along the southernmost Interstate (I-10) across the US. It was 30° in Fort Stockton, Texas on Saturday night and about 32° here in Las Cruces, New Mexico last night. This does to hinder us at all. We simply disconnect the water supply on such cold nights and turn on the heat. Usually by mid-day the temperature reaches 60° or better.
Driving through west Texas the landscape changes drastically and becomes mountainous. That section of I-10 passing through the Van Horn, Davis, Apache, Eagle and other mountain ranges is called “The Mountain Trail.” The elevation ranges from 3000 to almost 6000’ and it is a beautiful drive if you take your time and just let the roadrunners pass by.
We tinkered for several days with the thought of returning to Big Bend National Park for a second visit, but decided against it. Perhaps another time we’ll make that long trek again down to the Big Bend of the Rio Grande. It is a wondrous place.
Today we continue westward, traveling through southern New Mexico and Arizona and the beautiful Sonoran desert. We’ll spend tonight somewhere between Tucson and Casa Grande (following I-10). Tomorrow we will take Interstate 8 westward from Casa Grande and then turn south to visit one of our favorite places: Organ Pipe Cactus National Park. There we will take a “day-off” after ten days of being “on the road again.”
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| Organ Pipe Cactus National Park--Feb 2017 |
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