There's two hours I won't get back...

No, we didn't waste time.  We drove about 100 miles further today than yesterday's drive.  That put us far enough into Texas (Yay!) to get into the Central Time Zone.  So, three states and two time zones today.

We were up and out early this morning.  Looking into the sun, it was apparent that we squished a lot of bugs in Arizona...

We drove separate at the start of the day.  Rufus asked, "When is Momma coming back?"

Not a lot of traffic in this area on a typical day.  Even less today.  I entertained myself by looking at the terrain - this looks like a guy in profile, reclining, reading a book...

I was looking forward to getting across New Mexico today.  The sign as we come into New Mexico, out of focus because the camera thought the bugs on the windshield were the subject...

We considered stopping at the first exit in New Mexico to set up for double towing, but there were trucks parked on the side of the exit/entrance ramp roads.  We drove on to the Rest Area at Lordsburg, where there was only one truck in the long parking spots.  We disconnected the trailer, pulled the motorhome forward, put the car between them, hooked the cargo trailer to the car, then hooked the car to the motorhome.  Whew!  We are ready to roll together...

Nice to be together while going down the road again; Rufus was happy...

Across New Mexico, and a stop at Exit 0 in Texas - we fueled up at the Flying J there...

We have a discount card with Flying J/Pilot - our price was $1.48 per gallon.  I think it has been about 20 years since we've seen a price that low.  Topped off and rolling, the next thing to deal with is El Paso traffic.  I dread driving through El Paso because of the crazy drivers - the lane switching is erratic and unsafe.  Now, obviously, not every driver there is crazy.  But, we see enough 4-lanes at a time changing that I am always on high alert.

The traffic was lighter than usual; we both thought the traffic density was about half of normal.  And, only 2 drivers, both in raised pickup trucks, one pulling a trailer, that made stupidly unsafe lane changes.

It is about 37 miles through El Paso on I-10.  We made it unscathed.  Once east of El Paso, the speed limit bumps up to 80mph.  No, we don't drive that fast - I usually run around 65mph or less when double towing.  The truck traffic on I-10 is always heavy; today, it seemed that it was almost all semi-trucks.  A few cars and pickups, and we saw maybe a dozen or so RVs on the road today.  This time of year, we usually see a lot of RV traffic as snowbirds head back home.  Not today.

Our planned stop for the night is Van Horn, TX.  We called ahead to make sure the RV park was open - yes, plenty of open sites.

Climbing in elevation as we head east...

The Border Patrol Check Point near Sierra Blanca had an officer in an enclosed booth, just waving traffic through.  The terrain as we got close to Van Horn...

Just before our stop for the day...

It was Mountain Standard Time in Arizona this morning (they don't change for Daylight Saving Time).  Across the border into New Mexico, we lost an hour being on Mountain Daylight Time.  135 miles or so into Texas, and we are on Central Daylight Time.  All three of us are tired, so I'm guessing we won't have too much of an issue acclimating to the time change.

Another 410 miles or so to get us through west Texas.  We'll probably not make that tomorrow... Joan requested not getting up too early and she'd make a real breakfast for us.  I'm good with that.

When I checked into the RV park this afternoon, the young man at the desk told me to pick any site I wanted (they have some double length sites across the street, where they generally put us).  There is one other small travel trailer in this part of the park.  He told me they were real busy when "the Corona Virus business kicked up.  Not now, though.  We don't have any cases of it in this county."

We are settled in for the night.  Cable TV.  Should be reasonably quiet.  We feel better about getting into Texas.  A few more days to get home.  Passing motels along the way, Joan said, "I am sure glad to be traveling with the motorhome.  We can "socially distance" as much as we need... I get out of the rig to fuel up.  Joan made us lunch in our own kitchen.  No need to use a rest area bathroom.  Even without the current situation, it's a good way to travel.

Looking at a local forecast, it looks like we will have a 10 to 20mph headwind tomorrow... Joan said, "Well, at least gas is cheap."

Yep.