We ate breakfast and then hitched up for our trip to El Paso. Our route took us on Hwy 90 W through Marfa to I-10, about 100 miles of sand and cactus. The campground we stayed in was right on I-10, and was a mere 35 miles from downtown El Paso. Luckily we had restaurants, churches, grocery stores all within 5 miles of the camp.
The big excitement in EP that weekend was the implosion of the City Hall in order to build a baseball stadium on the site. There was quite a bit of dismay by the residents of downtown EP. They would rather have had a NASCAR racetrack....but of course NOT downtown!
We were concerned about getting downtown, as I-10 and most downtown streets were blocked from 8:45 until after the implosion and the dust settled. We were afraid we would not be able to get to the Magoffin historic home, but luckily we exited off I-10 one exit before the road was blocked. Joseph Magoffin built his home in 1877 on the edge of EP. He was a politician and civic leader, and held the positions of county judge, mayor 4 terms, collector of customs and co-founder of the State National Bank. The house was always in the possession of the family, and was deeded to the state by the sole survivor in 1977. The house was put back to the way it looked in 1930. We really enjoyed the house tour, and also the courtyard in the rear. The roses were beautiful!
After lunch we visited the El Paso Museum of History and our last stop was the Railroad Museum.
We had some problems with our Apple phone, iPad, and Macbook PRO so on Monday we drove to the Mall to the Apple store to get some help. The machines wouldn't recognize our passwords, so we couldn't use any of them! YIKES. It was such a treat to walk into an Apple store and not have to wade through bodies and wait for service. It was wonderful! We ate lunch at the mall and then did some shopping (boots and hats, anyone????)
The winds really kicked up after lunch, and soon the air was brown! The TV indicated 40 mph.
When the winds finally died down about 8 p.m. we loaded chairs, etc. into the truck so we could make an early start Tuesday for the Carlsbad KOA.
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