La Quinta 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>

... while Nancy and Matt left to the city of Juarez. I stayed at Kamala and Charley&#8217;s two more days to wait for Matts new bike. <br><br>Yesterday I crossed the border. It was weird to cross, kinda felt like walking into a danger zone or a contamination area. Heavily guarded border on the US side and not much on the Mexican, loads of traffic and people walking over to get home from work or just loitering around. There was no official gate; they trusted you to present yourself if ...

... I-10, so I used my instincts, which, if you know me at all, are for ****. I ended up on some waaaay back roads, in the end, I went about 50 miles farther than I needed to and it took even longer because there were a ton of stop lights towards the end. I did find I-10 and got on the gas. <br><br><br>As you can imagine, AZ was hot! I wore my textile motorcyle jacket, textile gloves, helmet, boots, and a camelback water deal. First off, the gloves are ...

... acadamy a block away with a big lawn. It was the first real grass Rascal had seen in a couple of months and he ran and romped with bravado. Since we were grounded for a couple of days we got out and did a little sightseeing. This whole part of the country's history centers around the old missions. The El Paso Mission Trail comprizes three missions built in the 1600-1700 and the Tigue Cultural Center. Our first stop was the Ysleta Mission, the first ...

... by corrupt officials! The women called for a review by an international tribunal that would hold Mexican governmental officials accountable for "crimes of state." To date in 2008 we count over 130 execution-style deaths in Juarez with 100's more missing. Yet the most recent U.S human rights report said less about this than in ...

... weathered family instability. Last Christmas the family did not have any presents due to hard times. When most families in the U.S. have at least a couple TV sets, they don't have one. Some of the hosting families/organizations dropped off their presents and left, but Paul and I enjoyed sitting with the family and getting to know them better. I've included their ...

... the street and arrested and deported him. He was hitching the opposite direction back to his home in Pueblo. After walking around asking everyone in sight (and that was not very many people) for a ride we finally scored one in the back of a Chevy El Camino under a blanket squeezed between bags of jalapeños and water melons. Lisa and I cuddled up under our sleeping bag and watched the stars fly by overhead as we raced through the desert towards our final ...

... only a small step above the Sheffler Hotel of Salome, AZ, it is actually not that bad. The rooms are large and clean. Dinner was grilled chicken, a pasta salad, green salad, fruit salad, bread, and wine. Patty and I went to the diner across the street and bought an apple pie and a pecan pie for dessert. There are rumors that the weather is changing, and we may have a thunderstorm tomorrow. Winds with 45 mph gusts are also in the forecast. We will hope for the best!

... rebels. He laughed. Of course by now I'm not too interested in the donkey shows or whatever it was that they used to have out at 'Boys Town,&#8217; a place I only heard about through the barkings of of taxi drivers and other assorted facilitators. I remember distinctly the smell of bad gasoline, though, or maybe it was the lead they put in it.