New World Record!!!

Leaving from Benson, Arizona, we headed east. We've made this drive many times, and this is my least favorite part. Well, specifically: West Texas. We tend to alternate between Ft. Stockton and Van Horn for the area we like the least. If you've read here before, I joke about the "Annual Blowing Dirt Festival, January 1st through December 31st... today, there was very little wind. And what little wind there was, was mostly a tailwind! I can't recall a time in the past that we didn't have a headwind, regardless of the direction we are heading through this area. We got double digit miles per gallon ALL DAY! To go with the decent fuel mileage, we stopped at two Flying Js today... and at both of the, the RV lanes were open - no lines! And the most amazing thing: I was able to pay at the pump - no need to go inside to get the receipt. In fact, at the Flying J west of El Paso, they had NEW PUMPS at the RV lane. It was the world record fastest time for an RV in and out of a Flying J. But wait, there's more... with it being the Sunday of a holiday weekend, there was very light traffic going through El Paso. Not a single crazy driver cut in front of me... no illegal aliens running across the Interstate... no garbage blowing out of the back of someone's rickety cargo trailer! In fact, it was just a fine, non-eventful driving day... something I've never been able to say about the trip across east Arizona, New Mexico, and into West Texas.

As we rolled into Texas, Joan pulled out the Passport America guidebook to find us a place to stop for the night. "Here's one we've never stayed at..." It was between my two least favorite places along this route. The campground was cheap: $10. They have 50 amp electricity, but the cable TV and wifi don't work. ;-) No problem - we have satellite TV and wireless broadband. It was a long driving day, but (even with the time change) we rolled in before the sun set... in time to take little Izzy for a walk amongst the cacti.


Blew the 2/2/2 Rule away, since we covered nearly 500 miles. But, did I mention I got double digit fuel mileage? ;-)

SO many RVs on the road today. If the economy and rising fuel prices are keeping people home, it's not showing along I-10.