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Published: February 24th 2008
It's sunny, but windy. The landscape is wide and flat with distant mountains in the haze. We cross the continental divide, then miles of yucca flats. We pass another sign "Dust Storms May Exist Next 15 miles." We can see the dust in the air ahead, then around us, blowing. We figure we'll see more of the same in west Texas, so decide to go north from Las Cruces.
The road climbs steadily, but the air becomes clearer. It's still windy, but no dust blowing. It's still desert, but starting to show more colors; pinks and greens and reds. The bushes are getting ready to bud out.
We saw the Rio Grande River again at Caballo where it is dammed up to form a reservoir. It looked really pretty with the mountains behind for contrast. We drove through Truth or Consequences just to see what's there. It looked pretty much like any other town.
We've stopped for the night in Belen, NM. Very nice here, beautiful views.
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