The Organ Mtns of NM and Tuscon

Our last day in El Paso we toured the Organ Mountains.  I know you're surprised but again this is a starkly beautiful range.

Spring is springing, though, and more and more cacti are blooming.

That evening we had "New Mexico Mexican" food with our friends that we met in New Orleans. 
The New Mexico Mexican food focuses on the green chilies, not the red.  Very tasty!
They also have an electric bike shop and let us do test rides.  Definitely not like the old 3 speed!  We liked the bikes.

Luke has scored big with the war plane exhibits this trip.  First was White Sands Missile Range.

Next, the War Eagles Museum in El Paso.

 And in Tucson, he spent 2 afternoons at the PIMA museum.  Per Luke, an unbelievable collection of aircraft, acres outside, and 6 big hangars inside. One hangar was the 390th Air Force Museum, featuring a B17 bomber, of the type that was the work-horse of the allied bombing campaign in Europe. There was a real live veteran pilot there that started flying missions over Europe in 1943 at the age of 20! 28 missions over Europe. At 95 years old, he looked like 80! Apparently bombing missions could be as large as 900 airplanes. Loss rate was about 5 % per mission, making 25 missions improbable. He said they sent crews home after 25, but were low on people so they kept him for 28. Unbelievable! The picture below is of a B-36 - post war intercontinental bomber - 6 radial engines, 4 jet engines.

Being the loving,considerate wife that I am, I allowed him to go alone and spend alllll the time he wanted! :-)

We are staying at the same RV park as sister-in-law Beth, which is great!  She arranged a spa day for us yesterday afternoon.  Perfect.  Today we will run off to Petco, Cosco, and Sprouts. 

Last night it rained, hard.  It was supposed to rain all night and then all day today.  When I awoke this morning, I was surprised to not hear rain.  Guess it has stopped....nope, changed to snow -- in Tucson! So much for spring...

We have a little over an inch on the car and the cacti.

Not that one of us cares....

It's still snowing, supposed to last into the afternoon.  This evening we plan to go out to dinner with Beth and 2 of her favorite couples.  Looking forward to that!