Through the Southern Desert... Texas, New Mexico, & Arizona

Hello All! At the moment the GreenLegs Biodiesel Power Train is just outside of Phoenix, AZ at a beautiful timeshare nestled on the slopes of South Mountain. There are hiking paths through the bird sanctuary right next to the resort. My brilliant cousin, Tiffanie, found this place on Expedia for less than $70 per night!! We're literally staying in a condo with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a large kitchen, living room, and dining room!! It was so wonderful to be able to run our water bottles through a dishwasher and simply to feel as though we were at home. Susan at Best Fed gave us Burt's Bees nurture gift packs with bath crystals and everything!! I've been watching an old cactus in our "backyard" where a lovely bird has created a home. I only wish my brother, the bird expert, was here to look up and help us not only identify the birds, but the cacti in the area. The desert is incredible and despite the fact that people warned us about the "boring" drive through West Texas, we found it to be beautiful and full of its own charm and mystery.

We've stopped at so many truck stops along the road to fuel up on our own. Despite our own massive size of truck and trailer, these diesels are HUGE!! We're dwarfed in comparison.

Littered across the Texas landscape are small towns, abandoned due to the lack of petroleum. They're literally ghost towns, left to waste away.

We landed in Pecos, TX, another "ghost town" that is supposedly experiencing a re-birth since the 70's oil boom. This is the self-proclaimed town where rodeos first began and where they pride their cantaloupe crops. Excited to experience this cantaloupe crop, we asked some locals where we might find some. To our dismay, the fields have dried up and the only available melons are trucked in from California. This is where we enjoyed breakfast the next morning.

In Houston we learned that when contractors wished to build anything new, they simply tore down the pre-existing buildings. There didn't seem to be anything in place to preserve old buildings except in a few historical districts downtown. This photo represents this mindset that we found prevalent in the majority of the places we visited across the country.

This was from Wednesday morning as we were pushing to leave the Oak Tree Inn which seems to be the temporary home of railroad workers in Pecos. With plenty of stories about Tornadoes, we chose to get out of town before this storm front attempted to threaten us.

Approaching El Paso, TX.

Flash floods and hail made this the most incredible storm I'd ever experienced. Spring found an awning at the near-by Best Western to protect us from the occasional golf ball of hail.

I love these clouds!!

New Mexico greeted us with several gift shops doubling as gas stations all owned by the same Bowlin family. Their signs were bizarre, the selection of goodies even more bizarre and plentiful made stopping worth it.

This is Larry from Roadrunner Biodiesel in Tucson, AZ. They deliver the fuel wherever you are in town!

Proof of a fully filtered supply of fuel.



This is my wonderful cousin, Tiffanie, in front of her house. With her incredible help we were able to get on the road to Phoenix fed, well-rested, entertained, cleaned-up, fueled, and regretful that there wasn't more time to visit. Thank you for EVERYTHING Tiffanie & Jon!!!

At Best Fed. Susan, the owner, is in orange. This was such a wonderful place where mothers could sit at tables and share ideas and suggestions about which products and methods best worked. They LOVE BabyLegs!!



Thank you Susan for being so wonderful! Congratulations on such a successful store!!

On to San Diego for Baby Loves Disco!!