Holiday Inn El Paso Airport

This is definitely the worst campground we have stayed at. Next time we will remember and take our time to visit the shower-house before we pay. It was to dirty to use. The ground was covered with little pickers that stuck to my shoes, one even came through my shoe to poke me. Oh well, live and learn.<br>

It was exciting to arrive at Kamala's and Charley&#8217;s home in El Paso. Firstly because Karin + Marten and Nancy + Matt would be there (friends I&#8217;d met on the divide route) and two, it was the last stop before crossing over to Mexico, therefore completing the first leg of the journey. Made it! 2935 miles cycled and well over 200000 ft climbed. What a fantastic journey so far. <br><br>Kamala and Charley have a history and art museum of masks ornaments and furniture enclosed in a ...

... 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&#8217;re looking forward to the cabbage rolls, too.<br><br>September 15, 2009 (Tuesday) &#8211; 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 ...

... 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 ...

Finding this campground was a bit of a pain. Our directions were sketchy, and we found ourselves panicking when we realized that we had gone too far on the highway and were getting ready to cross the border into Mexico. We REALLY didn't want to deal with that mess. Border patrol and such. We went back and forth on that stinkin' road several times before we finally got smart and called the campground. Having better ...

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... with virtually no bickering and one or two drunken arguments that haven't really meant anything or affected our relationship at all. Not bad going really for a pair of hippies! We finally arrived at a gas station and tried to find a ride for a good hour. We weren't having much luck until Lisa came running back and said: "This guy wants to see our Passports". It turns out that Lisa had scored a ride with a couple of Mennonites all the way to Chihuahua ...

... it across the interstate to resume our ride. One final climb into Van Horn, accompanied by a few sprinkles with thunder and lightening, and our day's ride was finished. I did laundry tonight, as the next hotel with laundry facilities is reportedly over a week away. Michelle cooked a delicious shepherd's pie for dinner, accompanied by salad, mixed veggies, and angel food cake. Today is Kyle's birthday. Happy birthday, Kyle! I love you very much!

I crossed the border at El Paso, the very first place that I ever walked across a border about three years before. Mexican customs people even searched my stuff, right there in the bus station, and got excited by my transistor radio. I remember talking to a guy on the bus about my perception that Mexico was inhabited by a countryside full of ...