Las Cruces, New Mexico

Yvonne serving the latest gluten-free creation
The view from the roof of our RV

Well, we safely put 600 miles of the USA behind us over the last two days. We went from San Antonio to Fort Stockton yesterday, then to Las Cruces, New Mexico today via I-10. Everything went well except for one small slip up by moi. I thought I had lots of fuel and passed a gas station at 1/4 tank. Next thing I knew, I was on the little amber gas pump and still 10 miles from our destination. I ended up having to pull over 4 miles before our destination and Jim rode his bike 4 miles each way to fill up our spare gas can. How embarassing. Good thing out of it is we can tell you west Texas has good samaritans. There were two different guys who went out of their way to turn around on the freeway and come back to check we were OK. I couldn't help but be nervous as here I sat with a dead vehicle and a 4 year old. I had all the doors locked and the window only part way down and cell phone ready for 911. How can you tell I've lived in the big city too long. Turned out both were just concerned people. Today we saw a guy stopped and helping an RV owner change a tire. We have to give Texas the big thumbs up for roadwise citizens and the best toll-free highway system we've hit so far.

We are now in New Mexico for tonight and tomorrow night. Our plan is to visit White Sands National Park tomorrow and toboggan down the sand. We aren't spending much time here as we know we can come back here anytime. We are planning the rest of our trip around the times we can get into our resort parks in Tucson and Palm Springs.

The land here has changed so much. We are now in desert with 6 to 7,000 foot high mountains. Ground level is 3,800 feet above sea level. We both love this type of country. It's magesty has some attraction to us that we can't describe. The weather is lovely. Mid 60's F and sunny and dry. Dry is our favourite word.