South from Albuquerque

Waking about 8:00 AM to a little frost on the jeep, not as bad as yesterday.

After breakfast for us and the dogs Gillian set off to pick up the winter's supply of Trekker's food. Art finished packing up the rig and planting the herbs in a container we had bought yesterday. The timing was perfect; Art finished his chores just as Gillian returned.

We were on the road about 11:15 enroute we hoped for Carlsburg, the home of the famous caverns which we had seen before. This time it would be just for the night. And as it turned out, laundry and internet!


The trip was uneventful--Roswell notwithstanding, where we stopped for fuel. $3.719 a gallon. We should be good now until Mexico, where we expect about 80 cents a litre!

As we were approaching Roswell Trekker kept a sharp lookout for aliens!




Did I say uneventful? Boring would be closer. Several hundred miles of more or less flat. These two photos were taken 2 1/2 hours apart!

The good news is that we descended about 2500 feet from Albuquerque with a tail wind! Better than 10 mpg for the day!



As Art was starting dinner he heard another ham radio station on the air. He answered the call and had a very short chat with a local ham looking for a signal report after setting up a new antenna. When they finished their conversation, another station called him--a ham in the next site in the RV Park!

The rest of the night we passed on the internet looking up options for Mexico, e-mail and the blog, and watching a couple of favourite Brittish TV series--"Heartbeat" and "Frost".

If we get going earlier enough in the morning we may make Eagle Pass, Texas--our crossing point for Mexico. We'll overnight in the Walmart and cross as early as we can get rolling.