After Dallas comes...

We stayed two nights at the Corp of Engineer park 30 miles NE of Dallas. That allowed us to veg out for a while and do some more foaming of the firewall area, as there still was a draft coming in. We have now been through one and a half cans of the expanding foam and finally have it licked. Yah...now that it isn't so cold any more! Oh well, it will come into play when we need to use the AC.

Nothing but flat dry desert.

While leaving Dallas, and passing through Forth Worth, we went through some hilly areas but it wasn't long until we hit the flat stuff again. Flat stuff is good for the motorhome but somewhat boring. The crosswind was brutal at about 25 to 30 mph directly from the left side. Bev offered to drive after a few hours but I said you will not want to battle the wind, so I kept driving. Around Abilene, things changed. The terrain was still flat but now there are nodding horses all over the place and thousands of wind generators. They stretch over the horizon. With all this wind available, I guess that this power source can add up to major source of electricity in Texas. We did 400 miles yesterday and ended up in Odessa TX and stayed overnight at the WalMart campground, aka parking lot.

Entering New Mexico

Pope's Crossing

Today we arrived at Carlsbad New Mexico, not far from Odessa, only 158 miles. Again the terrain was flat and the wind was again directly from the side. This is not far off our intended route and we didn't want to pass up the opportunity. We saw Historical Markers along the route and decided to stop at one to see what it was about. What a co-inky-dink Shannon!

We checked into the Carlsbad RV Campground, mainly because they offer Passport America discounts (half price) and they have free WiFi. Now we are caught up on email and the blog.

Since we arrived in late morning, we looked around town for local things to do and see (not much) and ended up visiting the Living Desert Zoo. It was mildly interesting with lots of plant identification, and displays of wolves, prairie dogs, elk, mule deer, and prong horn sheep. The zoo is situated on the top of high hill and had some great views of the desert area and the town. We returned to the rig and enjoyed a nice happy hour, Bev on her computer and me on mine doing the blog.

Tomorrow we will get an early start and spend the whole day touring the Carlsbad Caverns. It should be a awesome. The last time we did something like this was in the Luray Caverns in Virginia in 1971. From the preview we saw in the Information Center, it should be great. I hope to add to the blog tomorrow to let you know our impressions. Maybe a couple of pics too.

We miss you, Maxine.