I-10 Forever
Even if you’ve never been to Texas. or perhaps live there but don’t venture out to other states much, you know that Texas is BIG. Someone once told me if you flip the state up, it would touch Canada. To the right? The Atlantic Ocean. Left? Pacific Ocean. Like, BIG, y’all. And while I normally don’t like to drive more than 4 hours in any given day, at this particular juncture, I just wanted to get to the West Coast more quickly, so I decided a few long driving days wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. Now wrapping up my third day on the road, I feel like I’ve spent all of the last 3 days on I-10. And that’s because I have essentially spent all of the last 3 days on I-10! Podcasts have become my new best friend :D. Two of those days was just getting out of Texas. Seriously, y’all—have I said that Texas is a BIG state?
We stayed at a funky little RV park in Fort Stockton, which actually was a little gem in the middle of a giant desert of … nothingness. Have you been to West Texas? Endless horizons of desert land dotted with brush, cactus and tumbleweed. I-10 stretched out in front of your forever. Some mountain vistas and canyons far in the distance—like the Glass Mountains, Davis Mountains, and the Sierra Diablo Mountains—with jagged edges and huge rock formations. It really is its own kind of pretty.
This first blog will probably be a little boring, because like I said, it was mostly spent driving lonely highways. Day 2 found us traversing the rest of West Texas, all the way through El Paso. It’s a LOOOOONG way. We stayed at a lovely state park outside of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Best sign of the day? “Watch for snakes. They’re watching you.” Welcome to New Mexico, amIright?!! Second best sign? “We like big nuts and we cannot lie! – Pistachio Land, New Mexico” billboard. ;D
Day 3 took us through the rest of New Mexico over to Tucson, Arizona, which greeted us with another great sign: Poisonous snakes and insects inhabit the area. What am I getting myself into?!! Have I mentioned that I am a city girl?
Anyway, we arrived at our next desert oasis RV park early enough to take a wonderful, much-needed shower and nap before heading out on a 3-mile hike to take in a magnificent sunset at Lincoln Regional Park. Even though I’m anxious to get to California, I decided to stay in the Tucson area for four whole nights so we can explore Saguaro National Park and the surrounding area. Can’t wait!
Until then …