Mon, Apr 22, 2013 STATS Departure: 8:20 AM, Picacho/Tucson, AZ Arrival: 4:10 PM, Las Cruces, NM Miles: 312 Travel Time: 7:50 hrs. (time zone change)Lost an hour when we entered New Mexico. (I know, Arizona is on Mountain time, as is New Mexico. However, Arizona doesn't observe daylight saving time, so it's the same time as California during daylight saving time, but it's an hour ahead when we're on standard time. So, when we entered Arizona yester...

Saturday, November 05, 2011STATS Comments: We checked the weather forecast for the area westward, and high winds were predicted. Indeed, the RV was already being rocked by the wind, and we hadn’t left the site yet. We decided that it would be best to just hunker down and wait it out. The winds were only forecasted until 5:00 pm, so we expect that tomorrow it will be smoother sailing. At around 5:30, we noticed that there was no wind anymore. Not sure exac...

Friday, November 04, 2011STATSDeparture: 10:30 am CDTArrival: 5:00 pm MDT, Las Cruces KOA, Las Cruces, NM (7.5 hours; we gained an hour going into Mountain Time)Distance: 425 milesComments: Like thirsty cattle moving across the desert and smelling the stream a mile ahead, we can smell the green, green grass of home (well, it’s probably the brown, brown tufts by now). From Big Spring, Texas to Las Cruces, New Mexico. I must be crazy (I know, I’m stati...