1173 October 24, 2024 More Texas

We were up at 5am and decided to get an early start. 

The city lights were glittering in the darkness.  We knew that the Mexican border town of Jaurez was off to the right. 

We watched the sunrise as we traveled toward El Paso.  These would be the last bunch of mountains that we see for a while.

Usually driving through El Paso is not that fun.  We were early enough that we missed rush hour traffic and it was smooth sailing.

We drove across Texas all day.  It was hot and windy and dusty.  Around Abilene, we drove through oil country.  We stopped frequently for stretch breaks and snacks and water.   I did two stints today.  This was the first time that I had driven the new RV.  I found that I was more comfortable driving this than the old RV.  I did 100 miles and then Tim took the wheel again.  Later in the day, I did another 70 miles.

We pulled into a Walmart.  We didn’t want to unhook the Jeep and we needed a few supplies. It was an easy overnight solution.

We did 530 miles today.  Yahoo! We are 900 miles closer to home!!

The part of Texas we are driving through is 850 miles wide.  I think tomorrow we might try to have a shorter day.  Hopefully, though, we can leave Texas in the rearview mirror.