TorC and El Paso

Monday in TorC we drove around, scouted a few new RV parks for future trips, and visited Elephant Butte, a city next to a reservoir of the same name. The reservoir was created by a day on the Rio Grande and named for, naturally, a butte they say looks like a reclining elephant. But the dams explain the lack of any water in the Rio Grande to the south which our route to El Paso crisscrossed several times. We got back to our site and decided to forego another hot tub experience. They were very nice. Here are a few daylight pictures of those we were in.

Yesterday we moved to Mission RV Park on the east side of El Paso, a short 160 miles from TorC. The landscape in New Mexico is so beautiful! Then we hit the traffic in El Paso. Imagine I-295 in rush hour, then at least double it. But we made it to our site easily, set up, then did something we hadn't done yet on this trip: we went grocery shopping. We stocked up, got a prescription renewal phoned in to Walmart for Nancy, then had dinner at Peter Piper Pizza. Then we relaxed for the evening.

Today was a maintenance day for Nancy. She did the laundry, gave Cocoa a bath and me a much needed haircut, while I did ... well, nothing in comparison. The cable here doesn't seem to work, the wifi is intermittent at best, so we connected to the satellite dish. Lots of channels. That is, if you like shopping channels. We have maybe 5 TV channels to choose from. But we can get Netflix over the dish, so that helps a little.

Tomorrow is another day. We'll do something. I know you can't wait to find out what that will be, and neither can we.