Tonight we are at another KOA in Las Cruces, NM. Today's mileage was 484 miles.
Another spectacular day; warm (75) and sunny. We spent most of the day in the flat lands and hills/small mountains of West Texas. Beautiful scenery. The roads were the smoothest that we've been on and the motor home was very quiet. We could balance a nickel on the dash as we're driving. I guess we should thank George for the roads, they must have been done when he was governor.
We did see three javelina's along the road. The last time we saw javelinas was in Big Bend Nat'l Park in 2008.
As we were approaching El Paso we saw a traffic warning and a radio warning that traffic was blocked on I-10 because of an accident. So we took a detour, the 375 loop, around town, past Ft. Bliss and over North Franklin Mountain. The mountain is 7,200 ft. and El Paso is 3,800 ft. ; the grade was an 8%. An interesting detour that took over a hour. Maybe the accident would have been cleared if we would have taken I-10 through town.
We arrived in Las Cruces at about 6:00. Our campsight overlooks the entire city of Las Cruses. The scenery is beautiful especially at night. Attached is a picture of the city and a picnic area along I-10.
We were able to watch part of the Northern IA game against UNLV. Congratulations to UNI for their first win in the NCAA.
More tomorrow from Albuquerque.
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