At 881 miles. this stretch of I-10 from Louisiana to New Mexico (or from New Mexico to Louisiana) is by far the longest stretch of Interstate in any one state. I-5 running up and down California is next at 796.5 miles. I have gone all the way up and down I-5…but NOT in a single trip. This is the umpteenth time I have done I-10, and this is the fastest that I remember, and the best driving conditions with just a little fog between Fort Stockton and San Antonio, little wind, no rain, no snow, no ice…but traffic in Houston, San Antonio and some in El Paso, especially where they were doing road construction. However, the traffic only slow us up by maybe 20 minutes in each of these cities…not bad considering.
Wish I could say the same about ‘weather’ in New Mexico…but alas…as soon as we crossed into New Mexico, within 3-4 miles, it started to rain, and the wind was blowing from the west as we traveled north to Las Cruces. The rain stopped just long enough to get gas, then hit with a force as we traveled west along I-10. Our goal was to get to either the yellow or the red balloon on the map…we actually got to the black arrow which is a NICE welcome center / rest area on the south side of the highway but with easy access from either west or east traffic. SCORE! It is also on the other side of the Interstate from the busy train tracks. SCORE!! And it is too small for big trucks to come in and stay…besides, there are 2 or 3 truck stops that are in the town. SCORE!!! Along with super good Verizon signal, so tomorrow we will stay until church is over, then head on to Phoenix where we are meeting our friend Laurie whose mother passed last year. A week ago we told her we would make it for breakfast on Monday…but this trip has gone so quick, we are meeting Sunday night at a Cracker Barrel, and I already got permission to stay the night there. 
Family in Sacramento….we SHOULD be pulling in on Tuesday afternoon….looking forward to seeing you all, and, of course, seeing Bubba.
Had a decent nights sleep with one quiet generator going ALL night. (Why do they park right in the middle knowing they are going to have generator going? I understand they might have a medical need for having a generator run...but for gosh sake, pick an end sight away from the rest of the folks!) A few trucks did come in last night, but for the most part it was fairly quiet for a rest area.
Do they really need their generator on all night long? I can watch TV half a day, along with my fridge running all night and never need the generator. Maybe they just don't know, or don't care. Moving right along .............
ReplyDeleteMarcia put it this way...their $#!+ don't stink...at least they don't think it does.
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