Serendipitousness!

     At 9:15 yesterday morning Van Horn, Texas was rapidly disappearing in our rear-view mirrors as we continued our westward journey along Interstate 10.  Before leaving town, however, we made a brief stop along side the curb in front of the Clark Hotel Historical Museum. We visited the museum the last time we were here and there was a dusty, old, framed print that Suzanne liked, and that the docent suggested might be for sale.  No price was discussed... and I'm sure it wouldn't have been much. But I guess I kinda poo-pooed the idea - pointing out the valuable storage space it would take up in the coach.
     The serendipitousness (it's a word) of our current situation along with my latent guilt about having put the kibosh to the art acquisition seemed to dictate that it would be prudent (and kind of a nice gesture on my part) to drop in - and if perchance the print was still in the "collection" and available for purchase, to buy it and somehow find an inconspicuous nook or cranny (perhaps in one of the cargo bays) in which it could be stowed for the remainder of our journey.
     Unfortunately, the Clark Hotel Historical Museum is one of those small town enterprises that opens and closes at the whim of the proprietor - and at 9am on this particular Monday, the door was locked.
     Oh well.
     My heart was in the right place.

     Despite her disappointment, several miles down the road Suzanne made her way back to the galley, fired up the convection oven and baked up a batch of cinnamon rolls!

She's a trooper!

     We would travel 355 miles, pass into another time zone and traverse the entire state of New Mexico before arriving in Willcox, Arizona at approximately 3:30pm. 

     Along the way we passed through El Paso (ugh!)...

     Stopped for a brief stretch at a rest area just beyond the New Mexico state line...

First time I've seen anything like this at a rest area!

     And passed through a Border Patrol Inspection Station...

No undocumented passengers on this bus

     Willcox is another place we stayed last year on our return trip to Virginia. Though quite far down the list of Arizona vacation destinations, Willcox is home to the Rex Allen Arizona Cowboy Museum and Willcox Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Friends of Marty Robbins Museum. 

     There's also Isabel's South of The Border, a restaurant in the heart of old town serving very tasty Mexican cuisine (we ate there tonight) and Big Tex Bar-B-Que ... just across the street from Isabel's!

     Who says there's nothing special about Willcox, Arizona?

     We'll leave Willcox sometime late tomorrow morning and head for Casa Grande RV Resort in (you guessed it) Casa Grande, Arizona where we will remain for seven nights before heading for our final destination of Indian Wells RV Resort in Indio, California.

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Until next time...