MARCH 28, Wednesday, cloudy Going to El Paso
We left our site at 9:20 a.m. and headed west on Hwy 90. We stopped in Landry to look around and visited Judge Bean courthouse and house. His court was the saloon which he owned. He was famous as the only judge west of the "Pecos" river; he was known to be very severe and loved to hang robbers and murderers. He had very little to no training in law. Landry itself was a small village of approx. 18 people still living there on a full time basis. There was an RV Park which cost $15 per night with some hook-up. (see pictures)
We left an hour later. It's very cloudy with fog hanging over the highway which makes driving strenuous and boring. We are slowly and steadily climbing. Stopped in Dryden for lunch, another ghost town. Left a half hour later
Arrived in Alpine (altitude 5000 feet) on I-10 around 4 p.m. and we got a spot at Mtn view Park for $15 with full hook-up. Average 12 mpg today which is excellent. It is sunny and 80*F but windy again.
N 31*02'17" W 104*49'00" Distance today: 250 miles
Fuelled 21.959 gallons @ $2.869
MARCH 29 Thursday, sunny
Left at 10:45 and got on I-10 west. Within 30 minutes, we entered Mountain Time so moved all the clocks back one hour. Scenery is changing all the time. We are now along the Rio Grande river and are seeing a lot of green fields and orchards. Pecan tree and grapes mainly. We went through El Paso without stopping. A big town consisting of over 2 million people when combine with Jarez in Mexico which is just across the river.
Stopped at camping world to buy a couple parts for the awning and ended up buying a bike rack which was on sale. Within 3 miles from there, we entered New Mexico and stopped at the info centre and had lunch and took a few pictures. It's 2 p.m. local time. We went on for another hour on I-10 then turn north on I-25. We are now definitely on our last leg of this voyage. We will follow this hwy until Canada/
It's been cool today hovering around 65*F It got down to 38* last night.
we are still following the Rio Grande which goes all the way north to Colorado. we are seeing more mountains too and evergreens.
We stopped at a State Park in Cabello for the night. Pretty place right on the Rio Grande. Paid $14 with electricity.
N 32* 53'25" W 107*17'37" Distance today: 367 km (227 miles) altitude: 4172 feet
fuelled 23.768 gallons @ $2.819
MARCH 30, Friday, cloudy To Albuquerque, NM
Left at 10 a.m. and headed north on I-25 Very cool this morning Only 44*F Stopped in San Martial for a coffee refill and again in Belen to fuel 23.754 gallons @ 2. 989
Scenery is beautiful with mountains all around now and prairie like plateaus with prairie grass. Once in Albuquerque, we turn East on I-40 and headed up to 6800 feet to our campsite, approx 15 minutes from town in Tijeras. As we climbed, it started to snow and we had steady and heavy snow falling by the time we arrived at our site at 3:30 p.m.
Set up camp and got the furnace going...it's really pretty with all that snow This is an R.O.D. park so it's not costing us anything.
N 35*06'17" W 106*20'11" Distance today: 307 km (189 miles) Altitude 6722'
we will be here for 7 nights.
MARCH 31, Saturday, cloudy
Got up to 32* which warmed up to 50*F Went into town at the library to check our mail and buy some groceries. Went into a Irish Pub for a beer. Set up the satellite and repaired the awning's arm.
APRIL 1, Sunday, April fool!
Up at 7 a.m. and it is sunny. Went down to 30*F last night but quickly went up to 60* once the sun was up
Today we went to "SKY CITY" a Acoma Indian village built on a mesa (promontory). it is the oldest still occupied pueblo by the Indians It dates back to the 1100 years. It was BEAUTIFUL! See the pictures. (they don't do justice) We had to stop at their Cultural Centre and pay 10 dollars each and it was worth it. Also had to pay $10 for taking pictures. We got on a bus and went up to the village, and adobe bricks built village with a minimum of 8 family still living there. The village is built approx. 400 feet up on this mountain/promontory call a "Mesa". A mission was built here in the 1640 and it is still in use today. We had an Acoma Indian girl named Kathleen. She had a good sense of humour and very informative. The road up was built by a Hollywood team who did a film here about an African tribe; Incredible. So they got the road for free. Before that, the only way up was by a trail which we took coming down. It was quite something (see pictures)
The surrounding country side is absolutely incredibly beautiful, consisting of sagebrush, low trees and prairie grass, surrounded by low mountains and Mesa. We bought a couple of local souvenirs and a couple of homemade apple turnover made the local Indians that day. DELICIOUS!
We were back home by 7 p.m.
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