It took us less than 5 minutes to enter New Mexico today... our hotel was literally on the border between TX and NM. It took us 19 days to get across Texas, the widest state in the continental USA - not a world record, but a record for us. We stopped at the Tourist Center, and got useful information and some maps of NM.
Based on the information we received, we decided to bike to Las Cruces on the frontage road of I- 10, then continue until we reach Phoenix, AZ. This is off the Adventure Cycling maps, but it will help us avoid hitting the southern tip of the Rockies (we can actually see some of those mountains from our B&B). We stopped at the Walmart in Las Cruces to get some frozen food for dinner, and almost bought an electric razor to shave off our beards (we decided to hold off on that for now - we also don't have a lot of room in our panniers). We got back on our bikes, and climbed out of the valley we were in - that means uphill. We reached the Lodge on the Desert B&B, and were greeted by Laverne, the inn keeper who has owned this great lodge since the 1970's. She showed us to our room, which has a patio overlooking the valley and the Organ Mountains - called that because they look like the windpipes of an organ (see pics). Laverne told us that Anthony Texas, where we stayed last night is about as dangerous as Juarez, Mexico which is the murder capital of the world. Yesterday when we were on our bus tour in El Paso we passed by the border crossing into Juarez. Dinner was great, and we are hopefully going to sleep early tonight, so we can take on New Mexico tomorrow!
Thanks for coming along for the ride!
Check out our route at the link below:
Anthony, TX- Las Cruces, NM
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