In the El Paso area, where we spent the night, it was cold enough last night, 26-28, that I unhooked our water hose before going to bed. Haven't we been promised Global Warming for over 50 years? I'm ready for a little of it during the winter. Tonight's local news had a segment about the thousands of illegals who are in line to cross our open southern border and be turned loose into the US. The concern was not that we have no control over our southern border, instead it was that we don't have facilities in place to provide these illegals with a warm place to stay. Rather than enforcing our laws, and enforcing laws on the southern border the same as we would on our northern border, the federal government wants to borrow, piling more debt on our children, to be sure to make it nice enough that more illegals are enticed into heading for the US.
To night we are near Tucson, AZ. We plan on spending the next 3 nights at the Pima County Fairgrounds.
Today's scenery was spectacular. We crossed the Continental Divide. The elevation of the highway went up and down between 3,000' and 5,000', I think 4,960' was the highest. It occurred at the rest area with the rocks.
At least the state of Arizona is worried about what is happening near the border. This was a checkpoint on I10, quite a ways from the border. Cars went through the structure on the left. There was a "traffic" light letting officials stop vehicles for random checks.
We probably should have followed the car route but we went through the truck check point. We didn't see any trucks stopped.
We were both surprised to see snow on the tops of distant mountains.
Photos from a rest area along I10.
This truck was parked next to us at the rest area. These tires were used and mounted on rims. They looked to be in good condition.
More rock formations.
Parked at the fairgrounds.
It's a big place.
I wonder if the people parked in the area in the photo below are longer term residents. Night rent is $35 and weekly is $210. I didn't see a monthly rate. The overnight rate for other campgrounds I checked out ranged from $50 to $80. Many of them had pools but who needs a pool when the high doesn't reach 50 and the low is below freezing.
I dumped our waste tanks and added enough water to our fresh water tank to allow us to take showers tonight and even tomorrow night. It isn't a big deal to hook back up tomorrow, dump the gray water tank and add more fresh water if tomorrow nights low is also down in the 20's. A guy across the way from us appeared to be adding heat tape to the hydrant and his fresh water hose.
We traveled 279 miles today, I drove 135 of them. This is only the second time I've driven during this trip. One other day I drove around 170 miles. Kathy would rather drive, and she is a better driver than me. If she gets tired I take over.
God is good. I pray that He blesses you and yours.
PS. We came through this area in December/January 2011. If you want to see more photos check out https://bertdsblog.blogspot.com/2011/
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