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Sunday, April 14, 2019

Driving East to Las Cruces, NM & then El Paso, TX






Eric & I start our drive on





We turn onto US Route 54
South in Carrizozo.











Flashing lights encourage
drivers to stop at this
intersection.








El Paso is 124 miles
away.




I look out across a plain
decorated with low growing
yellow flowers.











Irrigation equipment provides
water for agriculture in this
arid climate.











Classes & Races.









This house is on
the market.






 TULIE FREEZE in












Eric & I enter a Work Zone.





A Dump Truck dumps a load
of sand.

I wonder how many cubic
yards are in a truckload.








Mountains in the distance





is up ahead.





Pistachio Trees are carefully
tended.






A roadside Roadrunner






Our drive takes us to












We continue west through










A big thank you to garyvarner.com
for this close up photo of the
giant yellow sign.







Traffic can be stopped for an hour along US 70 during a Missile Test at nearby White Sands Missile Range.





Eric & I pass a White Sands
Missile Range sign.

This is a huge military
installation.





The White Sands Missile Range/White Sands Proving Ground covers 3,200 square miles.





White Sands in the distance.

Monument is 1 mile away.





White Sands encroach on
the roadway.






I love taking pictures of
Southwest vistas.





It's time to take Interstate 25
South towards El Paso.












Tonight's stay is at a Walmart
in Las Cruces.







Friends Julian and Emma have a home in Las Cruces.  Eric and I are happy that they have time for a visit.






The next day is a repositioning
drive of about 45 miles.







Ooooh that smell..........






Stockyards abut the highway
in Eastern New Mexico.





Welcome to Texas 




El Paso is 18 miles away.









Cabela's gave Eric & me
permission to stay the
night in their parking lot.






Emma and Julian's family live in El Paso.  Eric and I are delighted to reconnect with more of the Bendana family.

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