Impulse Cruising Again

Another day on the road, covering as many miles as we can! We left at 7:15 from Big Spring, TX and headed west on I-10, and I was at the wheel. Traffic was good but we found that the terrain was more and more scrubby and litter more prevalent as we drove. We saw many oil well heads, pumping away, and all of the support services and materials needed to keep the whole system running. Miles of metal buildings that housed businesses that provided machinery, parts, repairs, and products to make oil production happen were located all along the highway. We saw no "homes," just trailers and campers and dorms for the workers. The only green we saw at this point was in the Rio Grande River valley. Traffic in El Paso was bad and the homes we saw on both sides of the highway were very rundown. We could see the "Wall" that divides the US from Mexico in places.
Crossing into New Mexico, we stopped in Las Cruces for lunch at a restaurant Bill found called "Si Senor." The huge platters were delicious but we managed to finish them and had the sopapillas with cinnamon sugar for dessert which were a perfect finish. Yum!
On the road again, the terrain turned even "scrubbier," lots of soil showing and small plants growing here and there. And even more litter along the highway. More hills and more rocks and more dirt. Very brown...
We crossed into Arizona and saw even more litter!! Bill said he was very depressed and needed a Prozac... none of the medians are tended in Texas, NM and AZ and that really changes the view of these states for those of us who are tourists passing through. (Mississippi and Louisiana were so pretty...)
Traffic got very heavy near Tucson, but we stopped for fuel and realized the temperature was up to 109!! The highest we saw driving after that was 115! "It is a dry heat" as we have been told. That is true, but it did feel pretty warm. We got to our hotel finally, and enjoyed some chill time with wine and then went to the hotel bar for a dinner of Cobb Salad for me, and wings for Bill. An early bedtime for us - I think the time zone changes have caught up with us! California, here we come!