Next is the last picture of the sunset here in Deming...The sunsets here will give the "BPNW" sunsets a run for their money...I sure didn't think I could ever say anything that nice about the desert...but I gotta give credit where credit is due...and the sunsets get the nod...
Now...here is the Princess of the "TAD" Moblie...yep you guessed it...Halle...Gene and Shirley were just leaving after "dinner and a movie" (we watched "Happy Feet") and Halle took up residence with her toys for a good night's sleep, at least until she gets into bed with us...
The next morning we headed out for Van Horn, TX...I got to put a new State on our map...and it was a big one...We missed the first turn outa-the-bag,,so we went 13 miles on this frontage road...OH WELL.........so you can see West Texas is just more of the same...desert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don-cha like the bug juice in the window...
West Texas is quite like New Mexico and Arizona and Eastern, Southern California...you're right...desert...But there were some wild flowers and it wasn't far 'till we were in Texas...We stopped in El Paso for fuel and lunch...had a great lunch at the Flying J... this happened to be a good one...for all you truckers that might read my blog (Marty), if you ever get to El Paso...the grub is good there!!!
After lunch we continued on Eastward...and we saw this great big "Road Runner"...Had to take a picture of it...You know when you are going through three states of desert...you jump at the chance to see anything that is unusual.
As we continued on through the El Paso Area we were as close o Mexico as we would come on this trip...you can see the houses in the background...that's Mexico...Just the other side of the Rio Grande...
This was a water tank that we passed on the way into Van Horn...It was funny that Mike and Gene had just been talking then night before about small schools playing in a 6 man football league...and Low and Behold...Van Horn has a winning one!!! That' about all Van Horn has...that and the Eagle's Nest RV Park...
Then there was the dreaded "Border Patrol Inspection Station" and it's Easter Weekend...Holy Crap...now what do we do??? You know that those kinds of things just sends Mike into a frenzy...me too for that matter...They had dogs and they were searching and sniffing thies big passenger bus...right beside us...BUT...they just flagged us through!!! Hallelujah!!! 
The wild flowers were really gettin' pretty though...the weather was looking a little threatening...but the flowers were nice...
Here is another picture of the flowers...they are such a delicate contrast to the stark dryness of the desert...Just goes to show ya...there is always a bright side...even in the desert!!!
Some of the mountain ranges were pretty interesting though...I really was impressed with some of the formations of the rocks and the hills...We were suppose to run into snow?...sleet?...Ice?
But you know...it is still the desert...and without the flowers it is still not very inviting...
We stayed at the Eagles Nest RV Resort...there was no other good thing in that town EXCEPT Chuy's Eatery...and not even a good one at that...but we did eat there...just cause it was Chuy's...
I have had a terrible time with the Internet lately...so It is taking quite a bit of time and patience to get this done...so bare with me and I'll get you caught up with us as soon as I can...
But...just know...that even though, most of the time, this is lots of fun...it can also be a very "BIG" learning experience...and we're getting really usto making "Lemonade" outa lemons!!!
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