La Quinta Inn El Paso Cielo Vista

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>

... were a tourist. Kamala and Charley drove me to the border, Nancy had come over to help with the bikes and matt was waiting on the Mexican side. His permit ran out on the day they left. Once over I got a 180 day permit and the three of us made away back to the hotel. Matt and Nancy taking turns at running and riding on there one bike. <br><br>It was instantly a chance of scenery, US to Mexico, just a bridge over the border and you&#8217;re in a third world country. The joke was this city ...

... and can burn in hell. Biggest waste of money ever. They do seem to offer great abrasion protection in the event of a fall and they are super breathable. However, the inside of the gloves has seams everywhere and after 10 hours of wearing them I wanted to chop my hands off. Theyre all scratched and red and my palms are blistered. Well, today I will wear my leathers and sweat it out.<br><br>I finally crossed New Mexico bordere at 515pm. 15 minutes ...

... in Texas, originally built in 1682 but with the uprising of the native people it was abandoned and rebuilt in 1851. Next down the road is the Socorro Mission established in 1682. It is being renovated and pictures show the skelaton of the building with sticks and adobe structure. On down the road a few miles is the largest of the three, the San Elizario Chapel. Built in 1789 is still used for local services. On the grounds is the Los Portales Museum ...

... years. The speakers asked us to support education to empower the women of Juarez, through the Frontera Women's Foundation. I purchased Stella Pope Duarte's newly-released novel If I Die In Juarez to begin reading ASAP. Today's question: what more can I do? And a shout-out to Facebook friends Cindy and Dunya: great to see you at the event!

... in the photo section; you can click on each photo for details. I learned that wealth is only one asset--and not as important an asset--among the many assets that others don't have. So, in that realization, they gave me a very important present. But will I remember it? Perhaps these photos and the stories they shared will help. [Names are changed to protect anonymity.]

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... We were very happy to have actually managed to cross the majority of Mexico without spending hardly a penny on transport! We made two stops in this final leg of the journey. One to have the car searched (not very thoroughly I must say) by the army and once to get burritos at an apparently famous taco stand on the side of the road. The owner took pity on Lisa and me and gave us a bag of burritos and tacos to eat on the way and they were superb! We pulled into ...

Day 17: Las Cruces, NM to El Paso, Texas (66.66 miles; 4:36) We left this morning after a hearty breakfast in the hotel. The morning ride was wonderful, under a warm and sunny sky. The first 32 miles were flat, continuing through the agricultural valley. We passed miles and miles of pecan trees, planted in perfect rows; chili farms; cotton fields; an alpaca farm; and thoroughbred horse farms. The wind that kicked up yesterday continued ...

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 ...