THE BASICS We arrived in Texas and drove across it, overnighting in Texarkana, North Dallas, and Abilene. It was cold and windy most of the time. Driving on the interstate through snow and slush in Dallas was not our most fun. From Carlsbad. NM, we made our third lifetime trip to Carlsbad Caverns. On to Dripping Springs from our next stop, in Las Cruces, for a sunny (!) warm (!) hike. In Willcox, AZ, we visited another favorite site, Chicicahua National Monument. And we observed tens of thousands of sandhill cranes migrating to a feeding spot north of Willcox just before dawn. Next, we drove on to Patagonia Lake State Park, where we had camped previously, but then they had no wi-fi access and now they do. I refused to go over the border to nearby
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