Today we drove across the western half of Texas from San Antonio to Las Cruces NM a distance of about 596 miles. We left about 7:30 am and got in at about 6:30 local. The speed limit is 80 mph over much of the trip, but I do not need to drive that fast (Kristin note). The view was somewhat more interesting than I had expected. There was a lot of small brush and trees along the road and as far as you can see for most of the trip. I think I had one critter sighting of what must have been a wild hog along the road side in the brush area. At the western edge we could see several mountains off in various directions. The mountains are not the type that have trees, but rather brush and small growth. The soil on almost the whole trip seemed to be rock over rock as observed in highway cutouts. The picture is an example of what we saw out the window for several hundred miles. We continuously gained in altitude to around 4500 ft above sea level. The mountains still looked very tall relative to our elevation so they must easily reach 7k ft. The weather varied between 66 and 74 all day with the coolest at the Las Cruces end in the lower 60's. Tomorrow we head out north to the White Sands park and then back south to end up in Tucson for the night. Garmin update: it now says we have traveled 2218.17 miles since we left home. In case you have a desire to see the pictures on this blog in a large, just click on the picture and it will bring up a large version.
My soapbox for the day -- we are almost looking forward to a continuing and deepening of the recession so that maybe the fast food establishments will be able to hire some competent help. We occasion about one a day and the experience has not been the best, hence the comment.
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