Where is Everyone?

It was a mostly boring day and I have nothing exiting to report. After driving the required 350-miles, we stopped at an RV park in Benson, AZ, about 50 miles or so east of Tucson. It was around 4:15 PM and I was more than ready to stop and kick back. We have covered a total of 1,125-miles since leaving Nacogdoches.

All day long we drove through the most desolate country. Very much like desert.  We passed through El Paso and entered New Mexico around noon. We didn’t see much in New Mexico and zipped right through it in 3-hours time. It appears that very few people live in the southern portion of New Mexico. We certainly didn’t see many. I was also a bit surprised that neither New Mexico or Arizona have a welcome center on I-10 and all of the rest areas passed so far in Arizona have been closed.

We exited I-10 for fuel in New Mexico but as we approached the service station I could tell that we would not be able to negotiate the pumps.  I managed to find enough space to turn around and got back on I-10 West. We tried another exit and found a station we could squeeze into and fill the tank.

After checking the map, I realized that we don’t enter the state of Nevada as I had originally thought. We go below it and right into California from Arizona. We are going to shoot for Palm Springs, CA tomorrow, but at 430-miles we may not make it that far. We will still finish the trip on Monday.

I-10 in Arizona

And So it Begins

Today we begin a motorhome trip from Nacogdoches, TX to Southern California. This will be our first long trip since we traded for a new motorhome last summer. Our intention is to be in Newport Beach for the birth of our grand daughter. The distance is a few miles shy of 1,600. Today is Wednesday and we plan to complete the trip on Sunday afternoon. Oh, we haven't left yet, either.

We hope to be on the road around 3:00 or 4:00 pm this afternoon and drive 91 miles to the Cracker Barrel restaurant on I-20 near Tyler, TX. They allow overnight parking and have a very large parking lot. We will stop there and overnight so we can get an early start tomorrow after a great breakfast in restaurant. We will then have four full days to travel the remaining 1,500 miles. That's only an average of 375 miles of Interstate Highway a day, or about six or seven hours per day of driving time. It's mostly straight and flat so we should be there in time, unless Siena decides to make an early debut. No need to worry about something we can't control.

We will be gone about four weeks and I plan to post reports of the trip here. I hope that I have nothing exciting to write about, unless it is something we witness rather than being the subject of the excitement. We seem to have a knack for finding trouble when we go on long trips in the motorhome. Wish us better luck, please.