Guadaloupe State Park and Arizona

We are now just out of Mesa Arizona where we have an appointment to get some service work done on our RV at 8am Monday morning. Spent the day washing our clothes and the motor home. After we get clear here our next destination will be the Grand Canyon. Take good care everyone and will blog after we reach the canyon. Cayce- the pictures of the cave should be spectacular on your wide screen monitor



The overpasses are painted to blend in with the desert---Arizona

El Paso-Texas


Wonder how all these rocks got here?


All kinds of vile creatures-not me read the sign


A spectacular Rest Area

Tucson-West Texas

A maze of over passes in Tuson

Can we stop here honey--I NEED A DRINK???

Salt Flats in the desert


After the caverns we made our way to Guadalupe State park on the border of west Texas and New Mexico and spent the night there. As we made our way up the deserted mountain road to the campsite we thought we would be the only ones staying there that night. NOT!-pulling into the campsite we were surprised to see dozens of hikers wandering around in the dusk and getting ready for the next morning's climb up the mountains. Mckittrick Ridge is the tallest mountain in Texas and a very popular destination for back packers.


McKittrick Ridge--Highest Mountain in Texas



Guadeloupe State Park-a great place to over-night cost 8 bucks

The Carlsbad Caverns

The trip to the caverns was very scenic and the drive up the mountain to the cave entrance literally took our breath away. We had been told by a fellow full- time RVer that Carlsbad was a MUST See and he was definatly right.















There are many different tours available and we choose the self guided walk around the Big Room. While this was the least strenuous it still involved walking at least a mile and a half underground.












The big room is the size of six football fields and full of the most fantastic formations and sights imaginable. The whole cave looked like something straight out of Disneyland. This is something that, if you get the chance, you must see.










View from the cave entrance

New Mexico

New Mexico is a beautiful state with rolling hills and good roads. The state is a leader in the US of alternative energy and wind farms are prevalent, on the high mesas, as we travel through. The crops are the same as in Texas with peanuts being the dominant source of income for the farmers. Dog racing is very popular and every small town we passed by had a greyhound stadium. Who Knew? The state is rich in the culture of the Apache and Ojibwa Indian tribes.

Entering New Mexico

Pecos Valley


Wind Farms are everywhere

Ever wonder how FedEx transports their trucks


We are finding that the state parks are a great value and they offer beautiful scenery and clean facilities ie washrooms,showers and some even supply electricity and water hook-ups. Brantley had all the above and only cost us 14 dollars for the night.




Alvina is driving the RV on this leg

Brantley Lake State Park--Great Place


Sunset in New Mexico

Nov. 4Th-New Mexico-Decided to Get off the freeway and travel the smaller rural roads as we make our way to Roswell-the site of the controversial crash of a UFO in 1946. The story goes that the Military reported to the media that they had discovered a flying saucer and three dead alien beings on a ranch just outside the town of Roswell. The story was reported by newspapers and radio Throughout the world. The next day the story was recanted by the military-they now insisted that the wreckage was a weather balloon. Despite the testimony of 350 eye witnesses that saw the crash site and debris field the military has refused to authenticate the incident. Still insisting-to this day- that it did not happen.