Mileage: 69,797
Van Horn RV Park Van Horn, Texas
We spent ALL DAY on 10 East…356 miles…on 10E. 10E across the remainder of Arizona, into New Mexico and then south into Texas. We are driven to outrace the cold weather. Last night it was 31 degrees in Wilcox.
Tim thought this was a pretty drive. He really likes open, big country. We passed a bunch of nut orchards. We saw a lot of long trains. The biggest thing about this long stretch of road is the opportunity to experience a dust storm. There are all kinds of bright yellow signs with warnings and instructions. In a dust storm:
- Stay buckled
- Feet off brakes
- Turn off lights
- Pull over
- Dust storms may exist
- Zero visibility possible
- Use extreme caution
It was really windy. There was a lot of standing water. The puddles probably kept us from having those dust storms.
We settled in Van Horn. Our sense of time is soooo confused. We crossed into New Mexico and lost an hour. Arizona doesn’t celebrate daylight savings time and so New Mexico was an hour ahead. Then, a short time later we crossed into the Central Time Zone and lost another hour.
The campground here has a free weather station.
I walked to the fishing pond. Wait…where am I??? Alligators???
Sure enough there was an alligator…
I remember being a little girl. I loved standing inside a weeping willow tree.
