We certainly would have liked to stay longer in the Chiricahua Mountains, however the weather advised us to move on. With forecasted red flag warnings and high wind advisories along with projected dust storms we elected to head further east.
Even though it was a bit windy when we left Rusty's RV Ranch, we left early enough to avoid the big winds. We arrived at Pancho Villa State Park about 90 miles later. Here we discovered that this area too was under red flag warnings, so we left a few slides in and hunkered down. The winds blew for two straight days with dust everywhere and we were definitely rocking in the RV.
We certainly had a lot more fun in our past stays at this neat little New Mexico State Park. After two windy days and with the forecast finally looking better, we left Pancho Villa State Park to drive another 77 mi east over to Sunland Park, New Mexico just across the border from Texas.
We stayed at the Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino, a favorite stop of ours in the El Paso area. Here we spent several days at this first-come-first-served park and enjoyed eating red and green chili burritos nearly every day at our favorite eatery called L&J Cafe.
Another bonus in staying at this park is we are able to go to Tru Fit fitness center for our morning workouts. The gym is part of the Silver Sneakers program which allows us free entry. Even better, we are able to use the program all over the USA.
We also had time to visit the Heritage Park for a nice little hike and some bird watching not too far away from the casino. It was nice to get out and about while not be attacked by the vicious winds. We even visited a few of our favorite haunts for happy hours, such as Aurelia's Brewery and The Union Drafthouse where we enjoyed $1 Pizza night on Wednesday. Hell of a deal, I might say!
All in all, it was a fun visit to the greater El Paso area where we were also able to restock our refrigerator for the big stretch of rural stays ahead as we enter Texas...
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