Santa Monica Mountains
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Today's numbers |
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Miles |
553 |
Major points |
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MPG
average |
51
mpg |
Wind.
A lot of wind |
Winds
was 30 to 60 mph |
Deming,
AZ |
7:50
hours trip 70mph average |
One
warning from Texas Highway Patrol at 85mph on a 70mph zone. |
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Abilne,
TX |
10:10 hours total |
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We depart early in the monring again, 6:00Pacific Time, towards Las Cruces, on I-10 |
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El Paso at 19 miles. There is nothing in New Mexico... :( |
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TEXAS !!! We are here. |
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Texas has day speed and night speed. I got a warning on 85mph... :( The deputy was nice. Just a warning |
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This is Mexico, next to El Paso. You can see the poor houses right after the rail road. |
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Mexico |
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El Paso |
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El Paso |
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Now we are going Guadalupe National Park on high way 180. Look the straigt road... nothing in both sides. We were stopped here form Board Patrol. |
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This is a Texas lake (only sand) |
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White sands |
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Finaly something to see. Guadalupe Mountains National Park
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This was the best road so far, but it was under a 60mph winds... not fun at all.
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As you can see, this was the only thing on todays 600 miles ride. |
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Again we are at the Texas/New Mexico board |
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Wind mills
Alert: IF the town/city advertises that 5% of his energy comes from wind mills, don't ride there. Here we got again 50/60miles per hour winds. This is on I-20 on Big Springs |
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Super 8 Abilene. Today was another long, wind, hot day. |
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