La Quinta - El Paso West

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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

Went to 'Waffle House' for breakfast this morning, as the hotel didn't have a free breakfast (but for
$44.95 for two interconnecting rooms we didn't complain. Waffle House's breakfasts weren't as bad as I thought they would be, so we filled up and then back on Interstate 20 again

Passed lots of fields of what we thought ...

Not a bad ride after all. I expected much more soreness after that many hours in the saddle.

I dont remember what time I finally left Redands (I keep my bike there) but I crossed the AZ border at 8:00am, it must have been around 5am. I got a good 3 hours sleep.

My first stop was Gilbert AZ to visit Jayson and Sharla, they hooked up some awesome food and we got to catch on old times. I left their place with not much idea of how to get back ...

We left New Mexico and 15 minutes later we were in Texas!! There was a big wind storm predicted so we stopped in El Paso for 3 days. We stayed in a little park in the old part of the city (less than a mile from the Mexico border). Rascal did not like it much as they had a rule of not walking dogs in the park so I would have to put him in the car - drive to the front gate - then walk down a busy city street lined with used car lots. Luckily there was a ...

... 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...

... devaluation of human life in Juarez as acceptable or as something to sweep under the carpet. [e.g. March 8 rally in Juarez raised only 100 participants to protest the government's failure to investigate, prosecute or convict even ONE of the over 400 murders (and many more disappearances)]. There's an apparent pact of immunity granted to ...

... buy, wrap and bring the presents to the Farmworkers Union Hall for the big pre-Christmas social: meeting the family and delivering their presents. Although in one way they were not as poor as I thought (they had a very beat-up old car), in other ways they were poorer than I expected. They lack basic education and English skills, face serious health challenges, and have ...

... Bunnell FL Flager Auditorium W 1/30/2008 Melbourne FL Maxwell C. King Center R 1/31/2008 Lakeland FL Lakeland Center F 2/1/2008 Niceville FL The Arts Center S 2/2/2008 University MS ...

... along the shoulder at 15 to 18 mph and it got scary a few times when we had to get on the highway because of a bridge or close guardrail. After almost ten miles of this we saw an exit for AZ 83 and took it. This was the exit for Sonoita and Patagonia. There wasn't much there, just a small, very new housing development. Paul decided to go down the streets and look for a home that looked like someone lived there who worked on things. The first street we ...

... remained the longest highway in North America and the commerce of an empire flowed across it. The mission had a beautiful chapel, and inside the statues were all draped in purple cloth, an old Catholic tradition of Lent not widely practiced today. There was a beautiful village square outside the mission, with benches and monuments to commemorate people and events of the region. There was also an old jail where it is rumored Billy the Kid helped break out the ...