Ft Stockton to Deming, NM

Wednesday the 17th

Another beautiful but cold desert morning. Once again it froze last night. Fortunately with the two furnaces going and a faucet dribbling we didn't experience any problems.

After walking and feeding the dogs Tina and I walked over to the little Campground Cafe and had a nice "Bunkhouse Breakfast". Eggs and sausages and pancakes and bacon with OJ and Coffee, just what I needed to prepare me for the long drive ahead.


We were on the road by 9:15 AM rolling down I-10 towards El Paso. We made a stop for the kids and one for fuel then it was back on the road. Originally we had planned to go 120 miles and stop for the night in Van Horn. But since we had done so well the day before we thought we'd just combine the next day as well. So we figured we might as well go to Las Cruces in New Mexico as that only added 165 miles for a total of 285.

Traffic was light until we got close to El Paso, then it got heavy. Real heavy. With lots and lots of big trucks. With Tina reading the signs and giving me directions we managed to wind our way through El Paso and on to the NewMexico border.


Crossing into New Mexico we got near to Las Cruces when Tina saw a sign for Deming, only another 80 miles ahead. She looked at me and asked if we could make it okay. I said sure, why not. So we passed Las Cruces and headed for Deming pulling in to the Roadrunner RV Resort around 2:30 PM.


Once we got set up and could relax we spent most of the afternoon and evening watching the Olympics on TV.


No photos today.


Distance for this leg, 345 miles. Total for the trip so far, 5,758 miles.