Day 58 - Sept 15 - El Paso - We've Arrived In The Lone Star State

Tonight we are in El Paso, the first time we've been east of the continental divide since July 29. We were very surprised when we found out that El Paso and its sister city Juarez on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande have a population of over 2,000,000 people. Also it cames a bit of surprise that the temperature tonight is actually cold.

The day started with us leaving Phoenix and heading out on the I10 through the Saguaro desert. This was a very dry and dusty area with a cactus, know as the Saguaro cactus, which is only found in this desert. This cactus can survive for up to 4 years without any water.


Can you top this in Ontario Ken ?





















At a rest stop along the way we decide to snap some pictures of these cacti. While off the walkways about 50 feet, there were lots of holes in the ground. After we shot the pictures Marg found the following sign outside of the restrooms.



After we left the Saguaro desert, we entered east Arizona and New Mexico which is the homeland of the Apache Nation. There we monuments to Cochise and Geronimo. Although it is considered a desert there was plenty of varied vegetation and grazing pastures for cattle. At one point along the I10 we crested a large hill and were meet with huge rock structures that were quite unlike anything we've seem before.