Awake 6:30am Temp 46 Partly sunny Overnight @ Deming, N.M.
Attend 8:30am mass @ the Holy Family School Chapel. After our late
breakfast, we pay our camping fee + our electrical kilo-watts usage. This
is the 1st time we've had this consumptson itemized. Total cost for 4 days
camping = $64.23. Not too shabby. A decent campground @ a decent price.
We say goodbye to these nice people & leave the Dream Catcher RV park @
11:30am.
Today's travel: 1+12 55.5 miles 6.3 gal 8.88 mpg 50.3 avg speed
We encountered some road construction en route & arrived @ the Sunny Acres
RV park in Las Cruces, New Mexico @ 12:45pm. It's BIG rig friendly with
wide streets & turns.
After parking & setting up, we drive about 4 miles in our Suzuki to the
historic town of Old Mesilla, "the Eye of the Cross." Back in the middle
1850's, when the population was 600, the two main trails in this part of
the country crossed in old Mesilla. The Chihuahua to Santa Fe, & San
Antonia to San Diego. So this area was the regional center for commerce &
transportation. By 1870, Mesilla had 9 general stores, 3 doctors, 1
dentist, 1 hotel, 5 lawyers, a billiard hall, 2 meat markets, 2 printing
offices, 2 mills + mail & stage line. Would you believe, most of these
original buildings are intact today & occupied. We have a map of the town
square & of most of the nearby structures so we do a self tour. The town
itself is well preserved &, of course, is the main attraction for us
tourists. We were impressed. Back to our coach before 5:00pm.
Shortly after 5:00, the sky opened up & heavy rain deluged the area. Our
timing was good.
6:25 Dinner: Stuffed pepper & fresh mixed salad + bread.
Late evening: watch movie on cable: "Get Shorty" with John Travolta.
Interesting.
Today's high temp=73 Lights out: 11:06pm
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