Back to Tucson

Weather:

Sunny
High - 89
Low - 44

We arrived back in Tucson this afternoon after an interesting trip.  Driving through western Texas and New Mexico was a bit of an adventure.  It was very windy, with lots of signs warning about dust storms. There was a lot of dust in the air, but we didn't have any difficulty driving, other than having to dodge the occasional tumbleweed.

In Texas we stopped at the Guadalupe rest area (actually, we stop at ALL rest areas!) and found it to be very nice.  It actually had a half-mile nature trail out back, so we figured we'd go for a short walk.  There were lots of birds, but the really amazing one was a Crested Caracara on a fence post in a field just behind the trail.  This is a bird we had hoped to see in Texas and had pretty much given up on finding it.  It was very exciting
 
Last night we stayed in Van Horn, Texas, again, this time staying at the historic El Capitan Hotel, where we had had dinner on our way east last week. 

Driving through El Paso is interesting because it is right across the river from Juarez, Mexico.  It's an odd feeling to look across and see the city which is obviously much less prosperous than El Paso.  I can just imagine how frustrating it must be for those people to see prosperity and not be able to enjoy it.  This photo isn't very good, as I had to take it from our moving car, but it gives an idea of what it looks like.