This man had to take a long journey with his pups.
We left Van Horn Motel 6, heading west on I-10. The land was fairly flat and barren, albeit with rugged mountains in the distance.
At 80 mph we passed through El Paso (no pun intended) after an hour and a half. We stopped just north of the city for brunch and a well earned rest.
From there we took off on a series of roads that led up the valley of the Rio Grande.
A few miles north of El Paso we crossed the border into New Mexico. The valley was broad and flat, and the land obviously fertile. The fields were planted with cotton, pecan, chilli, cabbages and other crops.
We rode straight past Las Cruces and on to our planned destination of Hatch. We arrived there fairly early in the afternoon, to find the only motel had closed down. This necessitated a change in plan, so we rode on up I-25 to the town of Truth or Consequence.
Originally called Hot Springs, the town changed its name in 1950 as a publicity stunt for the radio program of the same name hosted by Ralph Edwards.
We arrived there quite tired and found a motel that was confortable, if basic It's best feature was that it had a bath house fed from the hot springs that gave the town its original name, and use of the baths was included in the tariff.
Our first priority was to do our laundry. We threw all our clothes in the front loading washer and started it up. A loud clunking noise alerted us to the fact that there was something in there that didn't belong. It was Wanda's wallet with all her money, keys and crdit cards. We stopped the machine, but it had an interlock that prevented the door from being opened until the cycle was complete. Wanda now has the cleanest money in New Mexico! The credit cards and other "plastic" seems to have survived OK, but unfortunately the wallet came off badly and needs replacing.
We returned to our motel and had a soak in the mineral springs before walking across the road to buy our dinner in the local supermarket..
The maximum temperature of 90 F was reached late in the afternoon, but the evening soon cooled off. We can definitely sense the seasons changing and the weather seems to be cooling. We even heard reports of the first snow up in Colorado.
We rode straight past Las Cruces and on to our planned destination of Hatch. We arrived there fairly early in the afternoon, to find the only motel had closed down. This necessitated a change in plan, so we rode on up I-25 to the town of Truth or Consequence.
Originally called Hot Springs, the town changed its name in 1950 as a publicity stunt for the radio program of the same name hosted by Ralph Edwards.
We arrived there quite tired and found a motel that was confortable, if basic It's best feature was that it had a bath house fed from the hot springs that gave the town its original name, and use of the baths was included in the tariff.
Our first priority was to do our laundry. We threw all our clothes in the front loading washer and started it up. A loud clunking noise alerted us to the fact that there was something in there that didn't belong. It was Wanda's wallet with all her money, keys and crdit cards. We stopped the machine, but it had an interlock that prevented the door from being opened until the cycle was complete. Wanda now has the cleanest money in New Mexico! The credit cards and other "plastic" seems to have survived OK, but unfortunately the wallet came off badly and needs replacing.
We returned to our motel and had a soak in the mineral springs before walking across the road to buy our dinner in the local supermarket..
The maximum temperature of 90 F was reached late in the afternoon, but the evening soon cooled off. We can definitely sense the seasons changing and the weather seems to be cooling. We even heard reports of the first snow up in Colorado.
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