We have made it to El Paso, and after 12 hrs of traveling and then another 6 hrs of visiting, we all went to bed.  :)
It's 6AM now, all is quiet, and I reflect back on our travels yesterday. With all those miles we saw a lot of nothing.......but then again, by looking beyond our perception of what we want to see, there was beauty in the different landscape of the desert. The flatland, hills and mountains were full of color (mostly browns and gray shades with a touch of yellows and green. Chloe was driving our last leg, and started seeing 'road runner' birds, so we were all waiting to see Wiley Coyote at anytime!
Only one close call while driving, when someone came over a hill passing a truck and car. They saw us, and went to the ditch on our right. No where for us to avoid a possible head on, from the right or left, so Tell held course, and both vehicles shot by on either side of us. Thankfully the 'passer' kept his vehicle up right, got back on the road, and we all continued on.
Today we will be in El Paso to purchase tools and material and finish loading the van. There are numerous sacks of clothing and some toys we will go thru, and then pack those in extra suitcases to cross the border, otherwise a 'duty tax' is imposed on all the donated items.
For those still facing cold weather and snow, it was 84° when we arrived here yesterday.