barry burton

the Road Post, Part 2

Today we drove from Tucson across the remainder of Arizona, through the southwest corner of New Mexico, to El Paso. I-10 travels directly along the border with Mexico for dozens of miles after leaving El Paso. On parts, we could see to the right the shanties covering the hills of Juarez, and to the left the more modern building of El Paso. It was a very industrial city for the most part, though. With the exception of El Paso, western New Mexico and Texas were very empty. We drove for hundreds of miles, passing 2 or 3 gas stations and not much else. No lights on the horizon, no sounds save for passing cars, which were themselves quite few. We are now moving into central Texas as we approach Dallas. Here the population is more akin to the eastern U.S. — lights are always visible somewhere on the horizon, and every 30 or 40 miles a small town with gas stations and restaurants may be found. A few select photos are on Flickr. Even with EDGE, uploading takes a good while from a speeding (not illegally, of course) car.