The sign actually reads "Arizona". That truck was in the wrong place and I had to take the picture before I really wanted to, so it is very difficult to read. But we are finally in Arizona. We drove in a lot of areas that posted "Caution Sand Storm Area". There was a lot of areas that were just sand. There was also a lot of land that had cattle on it and you just wondered how they got anything worth eating.

We are actually in Arizona and the temperature has finally improved. It was 62 degrees when we got to campground at Benson, Arizona. We will be camped here for one week and we will leave here on January 16 for Sun City (outside Phoenix).

This was like a boulder mountain. Sometimes seeing these mountains you just wondered how the huge boulder at the top stays there.

We are still at Deming, New Mexico. We will be here until Saturday morning. We took a drive toward one of the mountains. The area here is very flat until one of these mountains just springs up out of the desert. The area we are in consist of sage brush, open range, and desert. The eastern part of New Mexico is dealing with very cold temperatures for this area. The part we are in has colder than normal, but not as bad as the eastern part.

Upon driving different roads we were able to drive closer to the mountain. This is snow on the mountain. Sure would like to know the temperature up at the top of the mountain. Yesterday when we arrived it was 62 degrees. Today it only reached 43 degrees. At night we have to disconnect the hose because of temperature too low. At 6:30 p.m. it is 37 degrees.

Well this isn't a good picture, but there are Jackrabbits here. We are still trying to get a good picture of one.

We are at a campground at Deming, NM. This campground is located over 5 miles off the beaten path. You actually drive through the desert back toward one of the mountains. This is the view from our trailer. Bob seen some Jack Rabbits here. I will be on the lookout for snakes and those horrible spiders.

You are going thought the "U. S. Border Patrol". You have been very close to the Mexico line during the drive, but you don't leave USA. Was surprised to go though a check out. But they just waved us and another RV right on by. Considering we could have Mexicans inside the RV I was surprised we weren't checked out more. Some they just talked to and on they went.