Leaving El Paso!

We got the RV back and went to Mission RV in El Paso, where there was also a service department for the Norcold Refrigerator (the one in our RV that quit working). Our hopes were soon dashed, as the technician (?) made it clear that he neither wanted nor intended to work on our refrigerator. To add to the misery, there was Wifi at the park, but the strength was so low our computers would not log onto it. Gary walked up to the office to sign on and get some phone numbers, and he only got three bars outside the office. The RV park was situated between I-10 and another very busy street, so there was constant truck, car, motorcycle, sirens...all night. Needless to say, this place doesn't get 5 stars from me! More like 1/2 star.

Gary had downloaded the service book for our refrigerator and went through all the trouble shooting checkpoints. We called a very nice company in Las Cruces, and the man said indeed, it sounded like the cooling system was ka-flooey. He clarified some points for us but wasn't too eager to work on the refrig. himself. We had also talked with the Norcold company and the service manager told Gary that it was closing time and he'd need to call back tomorrow!

Well, to make a long, boring story short, we called Del Tex RV in Del Rio, TX, and they said bring it in. They are an authorized repair facility (the fridge is still under warranty), and we're going to bring the RV in tomorrow and they will check it out and order the part for us. It will mean living out of an ice chest for a while, but there is a refrigerator and freezer at Seminole Canyon we can use. Whew!

We left as early as possible this morning and I was glad to see El Paso in the rear view mirror. We took US90 from Van Horn to Marathon, and I thoroughly enjoyed the mountains. Check out the speed limit! 80 mph for cars, 70 mph for trucks! We kept it between 55 and 60, though. This speed limit was on I-10.

Unfortunately, I forgot that the pictures would be in reverse order. The first pic is past Alpine, a part of the Davis Mountains. The second is also east of Alpine, TX. The third picture is where everybody stops to see the Marfa lights. We were there 10 years ago! The fourth picture is a drone that we saw in the sky and stopped to take the picture. It was the USAF TARS, which we assume means tethered aerial reconnaissance site. We think it's used to track illegal aliens, but who knows what it's for. Could be a weather balloon. We saw the station where it was tethered.

The next picture looks like it has a ghost but it's really my camera reflecting in the window. It's not always easy to find a place to stop a 40 foot motor home pulling a small car. So I take pix out of the windows. The next one...speed limits in west Texas. Last one is leaving El Paso, looking south toward Mexico and the Rio Grande. I keep forgetting that what the eye beholds is not necessarily what's going to come out in the picture. The mountains of SW Texas are indeed beautiful. The highest peak is in the Davis Mountains and is about 8260 feet high.

We're glad to be here in Marathon, even though the fridge doesn't work. The park is off the road and is QUIET. We're looking forward to a good night's sleep, then getting on the road tomorrow to go to Del Rio, then when we leave there, we'll head back west to Seminole Canyon, 45 miles away, where we're expected to volunteer.

Well, more tomorrow!