The mountains of West Texas...

Really?  Well, it is mostly high plains, but there are mountains, too.

We hit the road, heading west, with the sun shining bright...

What's that?  The sun doesn't come up in the west?  We had to go a short distance east on the service road to get to the highway.  Heading west...

It was 31º when we got up this morning.  We cleaned up and had breakfast before hitting the road; and giving the sun a chance to warm things up a bit...

39º at 9:14.  Yep, that's brisk.  256 miles of west Texas to go.

Those mountains I mentioned...

Joan drove for a while, giving me a break.  And, more mountains...

Before we came to El Paso, we stopped at a rest area and switched drivers.  The traffic in El Paso can be crazy; we planned to roll through here on Sunday, hoping for less traffic...

Light and easy.  It is a good 35 miles going through El Paso.  We generally stop at Exit 0 (right at the Texas/New Mexico border) to gas up.  Not much headwind today, and an improvement in the gas mileage.  Between Las Cruces and Deming, there is a Border Patrol checkpoint...

The guy in the car at the front of this line was having a very bad day.  They made him pull over, took him inside, and 3 agents were going through his car.  The guy in the pickup in front of us had to show ID.  When we got to the agent, he asked, "Just you two in there?"

"Yes, sir."

"Have a great day."

Plenty of signs warning about strong wind and blowing dirt...

Fortunately, it was clear and a million today, with the light wind.

We called to get an RV site at a park in Deming.  Less than $14 for the night, with full hook-ups including cable and wifi, thanks to Passport America.  It isn't fancy, but it beats the heck out of the Walmart parking lot...

Yeah, we stopped at Walmart before heading to the park.

Jacks down, slides out, electric and cable plugged in.  And down before 3:30.  Still looking for the chocolate covered peanuts.

Even with all the gravel, it is reasonably quiet in the park, so Izzy wanted to go exploring.  I hooked on her leash and out we went...

"Is that me on the license plate?"

"Looks like they may have printed the plate a bit orange, so it isn't as cute as you, Izzy."  She was good with that.

Nice to not be "pushing against the wind" today.