Got up late and checked in to Facebook, where I was reminded I have a friend who lives here. We chatted a bit on messenger, exchanged numbers and made plans to go to lunch at L&J Cafe, a "not to miss" experience in El Paso.
Food in this city is very different than Austin. Austin is all about the Tex-Mex, while El Paso is more traditional Mexican fare. Makes sense, as it's actually possible to walk from here to Mexico. I had mole enchiladas with chicken...
Holey mole! LOL...it was super yummy and I devoured the whole thing.
I spent the rest of the day driving around trying to get the lay of the land and checking out the possibility of using my old GPS to navigate. No go. They've redone a lot of the highways around here and the exits have changed. So, tonight I tried to buy a map update...which I don't think went too well. I'll check on it tomorrow.
In the meantime, here are some photos I took from the Woodrow Bean Transmountain Drive that goes through the Franklin Mountains State Park. We're in the high desert and El Paso sits in the middle of a nifty bunch of mountains that you can drive up....complete with scary as hell drop off.
Still, it's pretty...
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