Tuesday, May 18th

We started on Texas Highway 1760, which was New Mexico Highway 202. There are no mile marker on Highway 1760, so we are using the odemeter in the car. We walked a total of 11 miles today, John walked 5 miles while Ruth walked 3 miles.

This is cattle country. Mostly dairy cattle and some beef cattle. There are large feed lots along the way, mostly for the dairy cattle. And when I say large, I mean hundreds of cattle feeding. You can imagine the aroma when you walk by. There is also lots of hay grown here. Hay is big business here in the west. They grow it in the fields and you see many flat bed trucks hauling hay.

After we finished the walk, we drove into Muleshoe, to see if they might have an RV park. Turns out there were four. We ended up behind the one at the Economy Inn. The lady that met us, said the rate per night was $35. John and I looked at each other and told her that was too high a price. She asked us what we had been paying and we told her anywhere from $18. to $22. She made a phone call the then announced the price would be $20. a night. That's more in the ballpark.

Muleshoe is the home of the National Mule Memorial, but more about that important fact later. Today we found an open-end wrench, a socket wrenchand an Ace bandage, which Carol said was probably for a horse it was so big. Stay tuned ....