We woke up to sunshine and blue skies and 700 miles to Yuma. (Our son Nick says that sounds like the title of a Waylon Jennings Album!) We left Carlsbad, New Mexico around 9:00 am hoping to get in 400 to 500 miles and finish up tomorrow. Our route would take us from eastern New Mexico through El Paso Texas to pick up Interstate 10 and then back into the western part of New Mexico.
It was a fairly nice ride for the first 100 miles. As we got closer to El Paso, the winds started to pick up. Before we knew it, the winds were at gale force. When you’re driving a 65 foot wide by 11 foot high wall, that kind of wind makes for some scary times.
As if it wasn’t bad enough, it soon turned into a dust storm in El Paso. The wind was so strong; it loosened part of our awning cover, causing me to climb onto the roof to secure it. I got a nice derm-abrasion treatment for free!
As we crossed back into New Mexico, the dust turned to sand, and then the sand turned to rain, then sleet, then hail, then snow. Judy said the only thing missing was locusts! I never thought we would see snow plows and salt trucks in the desert. I thought we left all of that back east.
After eight hours and nearly 400 miles, we could see the sunshine near the Arizona line. Ultimately, we ended the day in Casa Grande, Arizona, leaving us with about a three hour drive to our Yuma destination, the Las Quintas Oasis Resort.
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