Wednesday we got away fairly early, a little after nine. We got on I10 and headed east toward Las Cruces. I needed to stop at Radio Shack and exchange some switches that I had purchased. Fortunately I noticed that they were N.C.(normally closed) and I wanted N.O.(normally open). I checked on their website and found a store just off of I10 in Las Cruces, so that is where we stopped. We needed to stop at a Walmart for some groceries and there was one just across the drive. A Subway was close by so we ate a Subway for lunch.
I10 in this area there is really not very much except desert. From Deming, NM you climb up to the continental divide and you stay pretty high, around 4000' but when you get close to Las Cruces you drop down drastically to about 3000' or so. On the east side of town you start your climb, back up to about 4000'. We needed to fill up with fuel and get some LP gas so we stopped at Flying J at exit 0 in Texas. We got back on I10 and took it into El Paso and picked up US 180 and headed cross country. We knew that we would be staying in the Guadalupe Mountain National Park for the night and there are no facilities, only
beautiful scenery. We got to the park about 6pm and there were no pull through spaces left, so we started unhooking he van and a fellow came over and said, why don't I move my van and small trailer over to one of these spots and you can have the pull through. That worked out fine, we were a little long for the space, but we did not have to unhook the van.
The photos are of Guadalupe Mountain and the road going up to it. In the bottom photo you can see out over the area and see the road that comes up to the mountain. The park is on the back side of the mountain. A beautiful place and a great place to hike as there are many there to do just that. There is not much else there to do.
We will enjoy the morning here, get some work done and move on toward Midland, Texas.