We drove from Carlsbad NM via Texas along US180 to I-10 in El Paso to Las Cruces NM. As we rolled through El Paso we could see the Rio Grande, river from the freeway. It look like a small stream that could easily be jumped over there was so little water. Then we got stuck in a construction traffic jam for an hour! The trip across the salt flats and desert of far west Texas was monotonous! But the jumping between time zones twice after a Daylight Savings time change was a mind twister! We are staying in the Las Cruces KOA ($41.25 per night for a premium site with the Value Card discount) on a hill west of town. The views of the Organ Mountains and Las Cruces from the park are very nice. The pull through sites have concrete pads for the wheel tracks, are fairly level, and are gravel the rest of the way around. But are very close together. By the time we put the slide outs out, you had to walk sideways to get between the sites!
After setting up, we drove to the small, quaint and Historic village of La Mesilla and ate at La Posta. The village square was very cozy and the resturant was excellent. We had arrrived late enough that most of the shops were closed so we will need to come back in the following days to vist the shops and eat some more excellent food and margaritas.
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