Another Long Day

We left Balmorhea State Park at 8:25 a.m., a record early start for us. The fuel tank was very low, because our fuel efficiency had dropped under 9 mpg driving into the strong head winds yesterday. We did manage to find some diesel before we had to resort to calling our emergency road service, fortunately. During the drive we listened to another one of our set of Prairie Home Companion cd's.

As we drove, the terrain shifted from the Edwards Plateau (largely flat with scant desert vegetation) and actual mountains and ridges came into view. The weather was much more pleasant than yesterday, and the Las Cruces RV park we're staying at is also quite pleasant for an urban park. We arrived at 2 p.m., but the trip was 5 1/2 hours (we crossed into Mountain Time).

Tomorrow we'll do our laundry and some research on solar systems before attending the theater in the evening. For lunch we had tuna salad sandwiches, baked Doritos, and apple slices. For supper we had leftover curried chicken casserole, brown bread, salad, and stovetop cookies.