Carlsbad Caverns to El Paso, TX

Carlsbad Caverns to El Paso, TX
After viewing the Caverns and exploring them during the day I decided to drive as far as possible before nightfall and then rest. Little did I realize that there is nothing between Carsbad Caverns and El Paso but nothing. First you are in the Chiuwawan Desert and you begin a slow climb along the desert floor and then onto the side of the desert next to the Guadalupe Mtns. Now you climb the Guadalupe’s and they are not small short mountains.
You are on the old Butterfield Stagecoach route and following the Texas Mountain Trail as you now descend the Guadalupe Mtns and are into the desert floor once more with salt flats for which there was a minor war fought over in the 1800’s and now you continue westward wit hthe sun in your eyes always as you first ascend and then descend into El Paso.
This is a huge city which I tried to skirt but we went right thru the center of it at night with all of the traffic that a huge city has. So now that that has been accomplished we must now get out of this truck parking lot we were in for the night and continue to Arizona. Ah well at least gas prices dropped in TX and it was $2.39 last night when I filled the tank.
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