Howard Johnson El Paso

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Charles en Kamala onze gastheer en gastvrouw van de warmshowerlist zijn prettig gezelschap.
Omdat er sneeuw voorspelt is blijven we 2 dagen extra en het gaat werkelijk sneeuwen.
Woensdag is het dan zover. We worden aan de westkant van de stad gebracht en fietsen 100 km naar Columbus

... cotton growing, and also some massive wind farm/wind generators – sign said it was the 'Wind Energy Capital of the World', it certainly looked like it, we were surrounded by huge wind generators.

Arrived in El Paso, TX after a very, very long drive. Amazing to be able to look to the right of the car and see the bright ...

... to spend the afternoon relaxing. Dinner was simple: I heated one of the stuffed peppers the Kellners had given us, opened a package of instant potatoes and made a salad for Wendell. The home-grown tomatoes they also provided were excellent drizzled with a little Kraft poppyseed dressing. Thanks for dinner, Gene and Irene! We’re looking forward to the cabbage rolls, too.

September 15, 2009 (Tuesday) – Ft. Bliss, TX (245 ...

... good at the end of a long day. The hotels were from fabulous to memorable. The Raffles, Shangri La's, Mandarin Orientals and InterContinental's were as nice as any in the world in which I have stayed. The most memorable will be the "Bed Bug Inn" with its brothel and the girls whistling and cat calling while we parked and unloaded our trucks. The night on the Junk was special. Our farewell dinner was wonderful. A great party and party we ...

... stands at every crossroads...no touristic interest it just match with the name: el paso...we don't stay here we just pass...anyway i keep a good remenber on crossing the border bridge from US to Mexico, feeling of deja vu and cliche in the same time...

... and the oldest neighborhood of El Paso. To replace the neighborhood with a 'big-box retail store' (Wal-Mart or Target), a strip mall and service economy jobs is reprehensible. We are long past the mentality that says we had to destroy the village in order to save it. El Segundo Barrio is not part of downtown. El ...

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... had over 2 million trees growing at any one time! We also drove by the Zona De Silencio a mysterious place outside of Chihuahua where nothing mechanical will function - no cars, clocks, phones, and radios - anything. It is an unexplained phenomenon. Next trip I want to ride in on horseback to check it out! We made a stop at a tractor retailer to buy farm equipment, yes folks we have seen lots of random ****! They bought a Combine Harvester for oats. The younger ...

... that allow wildlife to migrate over and under livestock fences and highways. Let's hope that when it comes time to appropriate the money to build the entire fence, cooler Congressional heads will prevail. There are better ways to protect our borders than building a wall that people will inevitably find ways around but wildlife won't. Ted Kerasote is the author of "Out There: In the Wild in a Wired Age" and the forthcoming "Merle's Door: Lessons From a Freethinking Dog."

... and met a friendly trucker who looked, acted, and talked just like Jim Nabors. Just as we were leaving the restaurant, several border patrol vehicles with lights flashing went racing past us headed west. One car blocked the road, and people were running everywhere. We decided we should head out before things got too serious. We continued on the frontage road, and soon saw and heard two ambulances headed west on the interstate. We later ...