INTERSTATE 10

MARCH 21, 2012 WEDNESDAY
EL PASO TX.

THE KNIGHT HIT THE ROAD AT ABOUT 10:15 THIS MORNING, LEAVING TUCSON AZ FOR EL PASO TX ABOUT 350 MILES OR 6 HOURS WITH STOPS FOR A BITE TO EAT. WE ARRIVED AT ABOUT 5PM.

THE ROUTE TOOK US THRU NEW MEXICO, IT WAS FUN TO SEE THE CHANGING SCENERY OF ROCKS AND CACTUS
AS YOU MAY KNOW, SANDY AND I ARE NASCAR FANS AND WATCHED MAYBE 15 NASCAR HAULERS HEADING TO CALIFORNIA FROM PHOENIX FOR THE NEXT RACE. THESE SEMIS ARE PAINTED TO THE MAX WITH SPONSOR LOGOS AND NAMES WITH CAR NUMBERS AS WELL, THEY HAUL CARS AND PARTS FOR THE RACE CARS

AS WE PASSED THRU NEW MEXICO WE NOTED THAT OUR BORDER PATROL AGENTS ARE VERY BUSY WITH HELICOPTERS, SUVS, ROAD BLOCKS AND SNIFFING DOGS. AS YOU ALL KNOW EL PASO IS A BORDER TOWN AND WHEN WE CHECKED IN TO THE MISSION RV PARK WE WERE CAUTIONED NOT TO GO TO WAREZ MEXICO.

I WENT TO HOOK UP THE ELECTRIC SERVICE AND ALL WAS WELL, HOWEVER WHEN I TRIED TO HOOK UP THE CABLE TV CONNECTION I FOUND OUT THIS THE RV PARK PARK WAS WIRED WITH THE FEMALE END FOR HOOK UP, I HAVE ONLY SEEN THE MALE END AT CAMP SITES, EXTENSION CABLES HAVE 2 FEMALE ENDS = SOOOO = I NEEDED AN ADAPTER THAT IS EASILY AVAILABLE AT ANY RADIO SHACK BUT THAT IS SOMEWHAT INCONVENIENT TONIGHT. I WAS TELLING SANDY ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THE GUY PARKED NEXT TO US HEARD MY CONVERSATION SAID HE HAD ONE AND I COULD USE IT FO THE NIGHT = PROBLEM SOLVED.

THNK ABOUT THIS=
THERE IS TRAVEL ADVERSARY ABOUT AMERICANS TRAVELING INTO MEXICO AND TODAY I READ THAT ONE OF THE OBAMA KIDS IS VACATIONING IN MEXICO????? HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN AND WHAT DOES IT COST US FOR SECURITY?

WE ALSO SAW MILITARY ARMS TESTING GOING ON ALONG THE WAY, USING F18S AND HELICOPTERS - VERY COOL!

TOMORROW, THE KNIGHT GETS A BATH, I10 HAS A BUMPER CROP OF BUGS AND THAT POPULATION HAS BEEN SEVERELY REDUCED AS SEEN ON THE KNIGHTS WINDSHIELD AND WHEN THAT WINDSHIELD IS 100 INCHES WIDE AND 54 INCHES TALL IT TAKES A MAJOR TOLL ON BUGS.

DIESEL FUEL IN AZ AND TX IS ABOUT 75 CENTS A GALLON LESS THAN IN CALIFORNIA. I CAN'T SAY I AM HAPPY PAYING $4.14 A GALLON. OH WELL IT IS WHAT IS = I GUESS WE CAN BLAME PRESIDENT OBAMA.

SEE YOU SOON,
ART