Monthly Archives: March 2015
What’s in the Devil’s Spit, anyway?
Today was kind of a goof-off day for us, so after talking it over we decided about noon to head down to the northern outskirts of El Paso for dinner and a show, well, lunch and a museum.
It’s been a good while since we’ve eaten at a Famous Dave’s BBQ, and even though there’s one in Tucson, we couldn’t resist going now. We first ate at one in Billings, MT in 2008 on our way to Alaska, and have been hooked ever since. I grew up on pork ribs basted in sauce as they cooked, not on the dry rub version you get in Texas, so eating at Famous Dave’s is like going home.
Jan and I decided to try the 2 for $20 menu, since for once a 2 for $20 menu had something we both wanted on it.
We started off with a really good salad, with fresh-cooked bacon crumbles, homemade croutons, and homemade dressings. A great salad.
Then I had the 3 Rib Plate with Wilbur Beans and Firecracker Green Beans,
while Jan went with the Brisket Sandwich and Fries.
Of course the BBQ slathered in their Devil’s Spit BBQ sauce, with a mixture of their Sweet & Zesty sauce too. And just because we ate at this one, doesn’t mean we won’t eat at the one in Tucson.
Our next stop was a visit to the War Eagle Air Museum. We seen the signs for several years, and even tried to find it once before with no luck, so we thought we’d give it another try.
I’ll tell you more about it in the next couple of days when I have more time, but it’s a great little museum.
Coming home a little after 4pm, we made a Wal-Mart stop for a few things. By the time we were finished it was 5pm, so we decided to go ahead and have dinner before we headed back to the rig.
Our choice was ChaChi’s Mexican Restaurant over by New Mexico State University.
When we were having some repairs done here in 2012, the shop manager recommended it, and he wasn’t wrong. It’s really good.
And really big.
We had forgotten how big their combo plates were, so we had a lot to take home. It’ll make a good lunch (or two) during the Escapade next week.
We’re going to head out early tomorrow, between 6:30 and 7am, to get to the Pima County Fairgrounds and get parked as early as possible on the first day of Early Bird parking. (that’s a lot of ‘early’s)
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Thought for the Day:
I want to die on Mars . . . Just not on impact. – Elon Musk – co-founder of PayPal, co-founder of Tesla Motors, and founder of SpaceX.
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We Tried, We Really Tried . . .
But Nick Lied.
After yesterday’s early morning, we got to sleep in a little this morning since we didn’t plan to leave until about 11am. That’s CDT, and we’ll in MDT about 5 miles down the road. So we’re really leaving about 10am. Which will put us in Las Cruces about 1pm since it’s only about 165 miles away.
Jan had planned to drive some today, but since it was raining pretty steadily when we left, she decided to put it off for another day. Maybe Friday when we head to Tucson.
The rain finally cleared up about 50 miles along the way, and the sun actually came out, but still with a lot of clouds
Like the last couple of days, today’s trip was smooth with no problems . . . until . . . well . . . Nick lied.
For the last few years our friend Nick Russell has been recommending the Loop 375 Transmountain Drive around El Paso to avoid all the traffic. He even talked about the scenic views. But it was all for naught.
Once again Nick had led us astray.
We had actually tried to take this route twice before. The first time the road was closed for some reason, and the second time traffic was back up out on the Interstate at the exit, and was stopped as far up the road as we could see.
But Nick’s siren call lured us in again, and we took Exit 34 for the Loop. And of course, as soon as we took the exit, there’s a sign saying, “NB 375 Closed. Use Alt Route.”.
And exactly why couldn’t hey have put this sign out on the Interstate BEFORE the exit?
So we continued on down the feeder, finding no other exit except the SB one. We kept looking for any sign of an “Alt Route”, but no luck. So instead, we trundled along in a line of cars, making all of 20 mph.
This went on for about 8 miles, as we watched all the cars on the Interstate to our left streaming along at 60 mph. There were no more exits in any direction, until finally we were led right back out onto I-10. So apparently, the “Alt Route” was just to eventually put us back on I-10, and that’s it.
We pulled into the Coachlight Inn RV Park in Las Cruces, NM about 1pm and got set up. We’ve stayed here a number of times, and it’s a nice little park, And Passport America, to boot. So it was $18.60 for 50amp FHU. Nice,
Later, a little before 4pm, we drove over to old Mesilla to have dinner at La Posta de Mesilla, where we always eat when we’re in town. I first ate here in 1981 when I was out here at White Sands working on some Shuttle stuff with NASA. And then I brought Jan here on our first RV trip in 2007 in our rental Class C.
We’ll be here for two days before we head over to Tucson on Friday for the Escapade that starts Sunday, the 8th. Don’t forget I’ll be giving a seminar on Gate Guarding during the rally, so check it out.
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Thought for the Day:
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for. – Earl Warren
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