we really are in van horn, tx. yesterday I left out las cruces, nm. when we left the k o a cabin, we went to las cruces, before el paso. as soon as we started down the road, we started seeing chile signs everywhere. it was an agricultural region, complete with irrigation ditches. but we must have passed 50 processing plants. they say the new mexico state question is red oreal green. we got to las cruces in heavy traffic. very difficult cycling. we were happy to find the hampton inn into mesilla, nm, a suburb of las cruces. we had planned a rest day, to go to the museum, and historic district of mesilla. this is billy the kid country, where he was tried and found guilty, and sentenced to hang. he escaped, and was
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