Traveling Again

We have been making up for lost time, putting on quite a few miles lately the past couple of days.  After sitting around in Yuma for about a week, Wednesday’s drive across most of Arizona was just a warm-up.  On Thursday we entered New Mexico and crossed the Continental Divide, so we are back in the middle part of the country.  By the end of the day, we finally got to a river that had water in it: the Rio Grande, where it comes south out of New Mexico toward El Paso before it becomes an international border.  We used our membership in Harvest Hosts (see https://harvesthosts.com ) to spend the night at a winery near the state line and also near the river.

 

Yesterday was a little longer day, ending in Ft Davis Texas after a quick detour through Pecos (not quite on the way).  Pecos didn’t have what we wanted for an overnighter, so we came south into the Davis Mountains.  The last 15 miles or so was especially pleasant.  This is the highest town in the state, at over 5000 ft elevation, and has some interesting history.  We plan to take today off and play at being tourists again.  We should have some interesting photos and comments for tomorrow’s posting.