Re: MidAmerica tour
Posted: 15 Jun 2023 10:32
After an exciting trek through the NW Texas border countryside, including dramatic El Capitan, we are now approaching El Paso.
And here we are. This whole set will be us simply passing through El Paso, as there is so much to see!
El Paso is an impressively rendered place, similar to Albuquerque but a bit nicer. It was made five years after the New Mexican capital, so that’s to be expected. Five years. Five. Years. Where did they go? I had just started posting here when New Mexico came out. Oof.
El Paso isn’t perfect though. It has no functioning gas stations, as I found right here when I got the ‘low fuel’ warning and saw this lovely gas station but no option to use it.
Hmm, well, what to do, what to do. Plenty of options. I could cheat, teleport and return. Nah.
I’m supposed to be delivering these cars to Alamogordo, so could drive straight there and risk it, but I doubt we’d make it.
I’d love a coffee, but… the truck’s thirst comes first.
Interesting. Red cabbages? Grapes? Purple basketballs? There’s a gas station to the south of El Paso,
but that would mean going out of my way and having to wait for a bunch of traffic lights…. nah.
Always great to see the bank, dentist, optician or lawyer you use doing well. Good on ‘em, I say. Keep it rolling in.
The last choice is to take the western road to Las Cruces, and then drive from there to Alamogordo. There’s a gas station on the way to Las Cruces, and at least we’ll be going in the right direction.
Decided on the fourth option. We need to do the Las Cruces – El Paso route anyway, as it was added by the Texas DLC. Chances are we’ll end up late, though, and we’re doing a real job for once with money at the end. After all, the quickest route from Carlsbad to Alamogordo is directly within New Mexico, so this whole trip is one big detour, really.
Well, after all those exciting deliberations, with mind newly made up, and running on fumes, we aim to exit El Paso in the direction of Las Cruces. The scenery in the city has been fine, but now we’re on to one of the nicest parts – very distinctive and unique to El Paso.
What these strange structures are for I can’t imagine. Art, I guess.
Exotic-looking suburbs.
In Albuquerque, the intersection in the centre of town is very cool but completely dominates the city. It’s like it’s almost the only thing that’s there. In El Paso, the intersection is similarly huge, colourful and awesome, but there’s much more to see.
Wow…
Nice skyline.
The University of Texas El Paso has architecture inspired by that of BHUTAN!! How bizarre is that? Cool, though. Sauce: https://www.utep.edu/about/bhutan.html
These are the Cerro Bola Mountains in Mexico, and right there stands the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez. The message painted (and regularly repainted) on there by evangelical Christians in humungous letters for everyone with a view of the mountains from their home or car to see says ‘The Bible is the Truth. Read it.’
Love the designs around this city’s roads.
Finally. My thirsty truck has reached a gas station.
Oof. Very welcome. Think I’ll get myself a good strong espresso as well.
Next time – to Las Cruces and Alamogordo.
Krigl
And here we are. This whole set will be us simply passing through El Paso, as there is so much to see!
El Paso is an impressively rendered place, similar to Albuquerque but a bit nicer. It was made five years after the New Mexican capital, so that’s to be expected. Five years. Five. Years. Where did they go? I had just started posting here when New Mexico came out. Oof.
El Paso isn’t perfect though. It has no functioning gas stations, as I found right here when I got the ‘low fuel’ warning and saw this lovely gas station but no option to use it.
Hmm, well, what to do, what to do. Plenty of options. I could cheat, teleport and return. Nah.
I’m supposed to be delivering these cars to Alamogordo, so could drive straight there and risk it, but I doubt we’d make it.
I’d love a coffee, but… the truck’s thirst comes first.
Interesting. Red cabbages? Grapes? Purple basketballs? There’s a gas station to the south of El Paso,
but that would mean going out of my way and having to wait for a bunch of traffic lights…. nah.
Always great to see the bank, dentist, optician or lawyer you use doing well. Good on ‘em, I say. Keep it rolling in.
The last choice is to take the western road to Las Cruces, and then drive from there to Alamogordo. There’s a gas station on the way to Las Cruces, and at least we’ll be going in the right direction.
Decided on the fourth option. We need to do the Las Cruces – El Paso route anyway, as it was added by the Texas DLC. Chances are we’ll end up late, though, and we’re doing a real job for once with money at the end. After all, the quickest route from Carlsbad to Alamogordo is directly within New Mexico, so this whole trip is one big detour, really.
Well, after all those exciting deliberations, with mind newly made up, and running on fumes, we aim to exit El Paso in the direction of Las Cruces. The scenery in the city has been fine, but now we’re on to one of the nicest parts – very distinctive and unique to El Paso.
What these strange structures are for I can’t imagine. Art, I guess.
Exotic-looking suburbs.
In Albuquerque, the intersection in the centre of town is very cool but completely dominates the city. It’s like it’s almost the only thing that’s there. In El Paso, the intersection is similarly huge, colourful and awesome, but there’s much more to see.
Wow…
Nice skyline.
The University of Texas El Paso has architecture inspired by that of BHUTAN!! How bizarre is that? Cool, though. Sauce: https://www.utep.edu/about/bhutan.html
These are the Cerro Bola Mountains in Mexico, and right there stands the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez. The message painted (and regularly repainted) on there by evangelical Christians in humungous letters for everyone with a view of the mountains from their home or car to see says ‘The Bible is the Truth. Read it.’
Love the designs around this city’s roads.
Finally. My thirsty truck has reached a gas station.
Oof. Very welcome. Think I’ll get myself a good strong espresso as well.
Next time – to Las Cruces and Alamogordo.
Krigl