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Hi Folks--Due to some difficult technical issues with WordPress I've switched my travel blog to here at Blogspot.  Sure hope it works better.  So to catch up I'll start here in late December, 2012.

We were staying in Deming, NM and took a day trip across the border to Palomas, Mexico.  This is the well known Pink Store--free marqaritas as you walk in the door.  Just a place to say "Been there, done that".

Just back into the US is Columbus where the "air force" consisted of 8 Jenny aircraft.  Since my father had flown these airplanes it was very interesting.  This also the area where Pancho Villa raided into the US.

This was the Jenny.

Wish Dad could see this.

Then on to El Paso, TX where we stayed at the Sunland Racetrack and Casino.  We watched a few races our first day and the horses and riders on early morning workouts.  For me this was great--the horse lover that I am.

At Sunland they race both Quarter Horses and Thorobreds.

We stopped one night at Marfa, TX to see the mystery lights.  Saw one that moved around in a very limited area.  Not sure it was really a "marfa" light.

Then drove on in to Big Bend National Park in the far south dip of west Texas.  A long way to a very rugged country.

On Christmas Day we took the kayaks onto the Rio Grande River adjacent to the campground.  Here the US is on the left and Mexico is on the right.

We watched as this rider brought the white horse and rider across into the US, the rider got off and the lead guy rode back across the river to Mexico, (to pick up another illegal?).

By December 31 we were near Del Rio, Texas and stayed at the Armistad NRA.  The lake is low as the drought continues in Texas.  

And so my year of 2012 travels comes to an end.   Stay tuned for 2013 and Texas, Louisiana, and ????