We left this morning under sunny sky and on the road by 8:30AM. We got on I-10 W by 9:45AM. The drive to I-10 was really nice; it reminded us of the scenery around Kamloops. We continued on to El Paso where I fuelled @$4.24/gal, and hit rain for the first time in a long time, and I do mean heavy rain. As we got nearer here, the wind started to pick up but it was still warm and we hit rain patches along the way. We also had to move our clocks back one hour as we are now on Mountain Time. We continued on to the New Mexico Info Centre and had lunch there. Back on the road, we drove West through some very boring scenery and a head wind gusting to 25 MPH and more rain, of course. Needless to say it didn’t help the fuel consumption or my speed. I had to stop again in Lordsburg, New Mexico where I paid $4.27/gal. We were going to stop in Deming for the night but because of the hour gain, we decided to continue on. We arrived in Bowie, Arizona where I called it quit, 8.5 hrs later (Excluding the hour gain). We are at “Mountain View Park”, a Passport America member and paid $15 for the night with full hook-ups but no cable. The wind is stronger if that’s possible to believe, actually it is moving the main slide slightly inwards. Anyway, we are warm and cozy and dinner is on. We have one channel on the tube and it is in Spanish!!!! Go figure!
We drove 434 miles (704
KM) in 7.5 hrs at an average 57 MPH.
N 32* 19.852’W 109* 30.166’
Alt: 3767 feet
When I got up this morning, I notice snow in the mountains that came almost half way down. IT is a chilly 30*F @ 7 AM. We left by 9:45 AM and headed West on I-10. More rain, more sun, more clouds and more rain and it never got any higher then 58*F all day. We stopped in Eloy for fuel at Flying J @ $3.96/gal. A half hour later we arrived in Casa Grande at our Home Park, paid our dues and set up in site 196 just behind the club house and near the exit, in case we want to elope!!!! After setting up, we went to get some groceries and wine, came home and realx for a while then went out to the club house for spaghetti night. The forecast is for more sun tomorrow and a warming trend to 90*F by the end of the week. There’s been a lot of change in this Park and all of it for the better. They now have two pools and a hot tub as an example. Also, Internet is free!
We travelled 178 miles
(290 KM) in 3 hrs and 5 minutes @ an average 58 MPH.
N 32* 55.376’W 111* 45.239’
Alt: 1387 feet
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