Moving Camping Trip - Day 8

We happily left Deming, New Mexico, leaving behind the cold, strong wind. We seen lots of desert, with plants. We to see boarder patrol along the way through New Mexico.

We continued on Hwy 10 until we reached Las Cruces and then we traveled South on Hwy 10 crossing the boarder into El Paso. Had to stop and have lunch at Dave's Grill. Very yummy and good. After lunch, we saw our first look into Mexico. At first I didn't realize that it was Mexico, because the river was as small as the Long Tom River. I am sure that it would be a 30 second swim across at the longest. It looked like a canal. The first thought that I had was, "Oh, that must be the poor part of town." and then my thoughts turned to, "But wait, HUD housing is nicer then that and there is no windows." At that moment, Pat told us on his walkie talkie, that it was Mexico. Vicky was with me and talked about what she saw. She said, "Mom, I empathy the Mexican people." Very sweet. We also saw Boarder Control at watch through El Paso.

After leaving El Paso, we drove many miles through no-where. Eventually we turned onto hwy 20, heading North East. Finally, at dusk, we reached somewhere in the middle of no-where. Somewhere in the middle of no-where ended up being Odessa, Texas.