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<\/a><\/p>\nWe finally all assembled in the parking lot about 10:00am. We can’t get into the motel in El Paso until 2:00pm so there is really no rush today.<\/p>\n
Here is a nice place for sale on the outskirts of Las Cruces. They make a BIG deal down here about homes having solar system’s. Cheap electricity!!<\/p>\n Looks like a nice local winery\u00a0 . . . to bad its not the weekend when the tasting room is open!<\/p>\n More pecan planation’s. We have ridden by them continuously since we hit the Rio Grande at Lake Carroll. Not sure how they keep the soil so bare . . .hope it\u2019s not with herbicides!<\/p>\n Not much water moving as we cross the Rio Grande again . . .<\/p>\n . . .\u00a0 in fact not a drop!!<\/p>\n mmmmmmmm . . .I wonder if that includes the ones that drop over the fence onto the road ROW?<\/p>\n Nice stone church in Mesa.<\/p>\n Not sure what this figure was supposed to represent but thought it was photo worthy,<\/p>\n Here was a \u2018highrider\u2019 with quite a unique undercarriage!<\/p>\n This place reminded me of WI. Greenest yard, hedge and flower beds we have seen since CA. They must REALLY pour on the water!!<\/p>\n We soon passed into Texas, although never saw a \u2018Welcome to Texas\u2019 sign.Time for lunch so we stopped at Emiliano\u2019s. It was the REAL thing and VERY busy . . .<\/p>\n . . . menu was in Spanish so I ordered a picadillo burrito. Since they were only $2, I thought they would be small so ordered two. Big\u00a0 mistake . . . TOO much food (although I did eat them both)!!!<\/p>\n El Paso county and city have a nice 6 mile bike\u00a0 path along the Rio Grande that we took to Mesa Ave, the location of our motel for tonight.<\/p>\n At one of the road crossings was this cute vet supply van waiting for a train to cross. Great marketing . . .<\/p>\n You might think this was a large field on our ride into town but it is the Rio Grande river bed. There must be water in it at sometime of the year!!!<\/p>\n Some people have evidently done VERY well in the pecan business!!!!<\/p>\n Mesa Road to the hotel was blocked for traffic, but the crew was nice enough to let us through the 1\/2 mile construction area.<\/p>\n It seems like we have been living out of Tom\u2019s truck . . . so Gina got us a special plate!!!<\/p>\n Guess whose room this is? (Tom wanted everyone to know it isn\u2019t his!).<\/p>\n Things were a little more \u2018orderly\u2019 in this room. Time to hang out the wash.<\/p>\n Soon by brother in law, Uncle Mark, arrived with the wealth of home made brews.<\/p>\n He has become quite the brewer and is very knowledgeable of brews made around the work. It was very entertaining, educational and thirst quenching as we sample the six varieties.<\/p>\n Some needed a \u2018little\u2019 more than the hop and yeast to make them \u2018mellow out\u2019 for the night.<\/p>\n The Belgian Brown was the biggest hit.<\/p>\n Soon Laurel, Mark\u2019s wife, arrived and we headed out for dinner at Avila\u2019s, a 60 year old local traditional Mexican restaurant in El Paso. Diana, thanks for the restaurant tip!! Soon it was the bewitching hour of 9:00am and about bed time. We bid Laurel, Ruth and Mark a good bye and were tucked in bed by 9:30pm. Thanks to them for being such great hosts in El Paso. Rain predicted for tomorrow as we exit the metro area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today was going to be a relatively short and flat day so we all slept in, but\u00a0 I was in the breakfast room by 6:30am. The rest dwindled in until about 8:00am. So far Best Westerns seem to have very competitive rates AND a really nice breakfast spread. Eggs, sausages, toast, waffles, potatoes’, biscuits and … Continue reading Day 16<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n