Wednesday December 22nd

Early morning fog again, but no worry, we're headed out of town today.

Leaving San Antonio and heading west on I-10 presents you with a whole lot of nothing.  The road increases in elevation a bit, but nothing drastic.  Eventually, the road becomes straight, flat, and long.  Not much to see, but there is a strange beauty to that wide open space.  Nothing as far as the eye can see.  For me, it lets me know that there are still places a person can go that hasn't been paved, plowed, developed or landscaped.

About 420 miles later, we were in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Carlsbad, New Mexico.  We'll spend the night here and check into our RV park in the morning.  People love to hate Wal-Mart, but they are good to RVers.  Always a safe place to park and get some sleep.  And about a hundred security cameras give you secure feeling.  Also, they are well aware that almost everyone who stays, goes in the store and spends some money.  We did some grocery shopping and left more than $80.00 there.  We appreciate Wal-Mart's hospitality.

We'll spend a week here exploring the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Sitting Bull Falls, Living Dessert State Park, and what ever else we can find.  Our stay will include Christmas.  Our first time celebrating the holidays with out the winter weather.  We'll take advantage of Skype to share Christmas with Demetri, our Grandson.