Cactus Wanderer

Saturday, October 8   We are off on the bus again this morning and it is a beautiful day.  The skies are back to El Paso blue and there is a brisk fall feel to the air. The border highway is our route to El Globo Rojo, the Red Balloon, tucked into a corner of Sunland Park.  Its adobe colored walls blend seamlessly into the surrounding sand. It's not easy to find a photo of this car museum and no photography is allowed inside but I lifted this shot from a Facebook page.  When we last visited it was cars, cars and more cars.  After a recent expansion it is now more cars, more cars, an unbelievable number of cars! All the auto enthusiasts began their trek around rows upon rows of beautifully restored and maintained vehicles while everyone else congregated in their diner style restaurant. Jerry invited El Paso Mayor, Oscar Leeser, to address our group on the state of the city and the migrant crisis that has been in the news nationally for a while. It was a very informative talk. We lea

Friday, October 7 2022   Day One starts with us peering up at the sky over the "Sun City".  A recent Mexican hurricane sent lashings of rain yesterday and it is quite overcast this morning. Expect umbrella bumping on the bus this morning. We are a distinctive crew in our orange shirts grabbing a lite bite in the cafe and greeting each other under the beautiful chandeliers. This is our first opportunity to gather en masse. Jerry's chartered bus is a god-send.  Hard to imagine all of us scurrying around in our cars and ending up in the right place in a timely manner.  It's still overcast but so far no rain.  While the school has grown and changed the stadium vista is still majestic. We are headed to the EPHS Alumni Museum, a tiny building off the southwest corner of the campus. Plans are in the offing for an expansion but what the museum lacks in size it makes up in content. Not a square inch is wasted. Every wall and display case is filled to the brim photos, mementos,