Clear Lake and Mt. Konocti as seen from Wolf Creek Ranch

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From Tucson we traveled east through El Paso to Carlsbad Caverns where we spent two days underground.  Then on to Jacksonville Texas to visit Cheyanne's cousin and family.  

On our return trip we traveled north to Eufaula to visit Eric's family (still snow on the ground).  Then back across Texas where we had a blowout in Abilene.  We stopped and took pictures at the Toyan ghost town and the windmill rest-stop.  

In El Paso, we toured the historic missions along the Socorro Road, the Tigua Indian Reservation, and the real "Boot Hill" (Concordia Cemetery) where Gunslinger John Wesley Hardin rests (with his boots on) along with 40,000 other souls.  Heading further west, in New Mexico, we toured the town of La Mesilla where Billy the Kid was tried and sentenced to hang in 1881.   

The red route on the map is our trip to Florida, the green route is our trip home.  Due to a very cold and snowy winter, we followed the southern route.

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Heading East

Cheyanne at CarlsbadThe wonder of the cavernsJohn along the trail in the caveStone structure at the mouth of the Carlsbad canyonAbandon 1920's motel at the mouth of Carlsbad canyon

Linda's Corner Cafe, Pecos. Best breakfast and cultural experience in Texas Cousin Dale and wife Sylvia took us out to the Texas RoadhouseCheyanne, Cousin Dale and his daughter Jennifer at Dale's furnature store.

On the way Home

 Eufaula, Oklahoma: Son Eric shows us his propertyEric, Dana, and the boys at the park in EufaulaUriah gets hair cutMake a face grandma, the boys celebrate a late Christmas.Irin, Conner and Uriah check out the creek at the property.

Thump, thump, thump, POP! Tread blew off just outside Abilene.Couldn't pass up taking a picture of this sign at a roadside dinerThe Windmill Rest Stop along I-10The old Toyah school for sale, pidgens included.Abandon car in Toyah

Ysleta Mission along the Socorro Road, south of El PasoYsleta Mission (1680) oldest continuously operated perish in TexasSocorro Mission (1691) south of El PasoSocorro Mission's hand hewn ceiling beamsSan Elizario Chapel (1789) looks good from the outside, but...

Inside San Elizario, the front adobe wall is pulling away from the rest of the building San Elizario damage due to adobe wall movementConcordia Cemetery, El Paso (the real Boot Hill)Here lay the real John Wesley Hardin (with his boots on)Cheyanne looks over the graves of children who dies during the early 1900 flu epidemic

La Mesilla, New Mexico (founded in 1850) La Mesilla, where Billy the Kid was tried and sentenced to hang in 1881

 

 

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