Slow lazy day

1/24/10 - Sunday

Really good night sleep. The trains are about 1-1 ½ miles away and we can just hear them in the distance. But nothing that would bother your sleep.

Today was a slow day. We took it easy because we were finally here. The solar oven was put to use heating water so we would not have to use the propane. Breakfast was made. Now time to rest, LOL.

After lunch, we took a walk out past the other RV’ers and further down the road. This road is used by the border patrol as they make their rounds. The Border Patrol comes by very often. Yes, we are that close to Mexico.

The rains had left very interesting patterns in the washes. Seems like you can see for miles and miles. No trees around and strangely no cactus either. The ground is a mix of sand and dirt. It is strange that it is still somewhat damp.

Supper was a Wal Mart chicken that was re-heated in the Solar Oven. Add a salad and call it done.

Supper done, we decided to take a drive on down the road farther and see what was out there. Many people had drove or walked or road bicycles etc down there today. We took off. Since we were only going to be gone a few minutes neither of us took our cell phones.

Not too far down the road, it turned to mush. The truck is not a 4 wheel drive. It didn’t take long to realize this truck was not meant to be used “off-road”. But there was no where to turn around. We just had to keep going until a good spot was found. Both of us were having visions of becoming stuck and the Border Patrol having to pull us out.

Thankfully that adventure was only a nail-biting 30 minutes of lesson learned. We have not driven down the road again.

Tomorrow is Mexico day. We will go in to arrange appointments.

Let you know how that goes………..