Tucson, Arizona to Calexico, California; Texas to Cabo Trip 2015 part 3

This morning we left Tucson, Arizona for California. Our first stop was in Dateland, Arizona where Ben tried a date shake. There were also these date treats: date butter, pecan pumpkin pie spiced date rolls, balsamic date vinegar and regular date vinegar.

There were mountains (and tons of RV parks) after Dateland:

Then we went to Yuma for some family history:

Where we walked around in 115 degree heat looking for the plank road until...

We found it!

This was our first time in California.

And it was interesting to see signs like this periodically:

We ended our day in Calexico where there are several places for the kids to play, a consulate and a border crossing and the people have all been very nice!

Van Horn, Texas to Tucson, Arizona; Texas to Cabo Trip 2015 Part 3

One of the different things about this part of Texas is that we haven't seen a grocery store in several hundred miles, (before entering Van Horn, TX and as we travel into Mountain Time Zone the last hour of driving through west Texas.)

This is mostly what there was to see:

We were reminded that we were still in Texas this morning at breakfast:

We went through El Paso and crossed into New Mexico, a state neither of us had visited before.

In Las Cruces, NM the kids had a blast at a train museum!

And the rock museum in Deming, NM where we got a lesson in which minerals make which colors in rocks, and about different agates.

After which we crossed into Arizona:

Where they boasted all kinds of different jerky:

The kids had a hard time with this stretch of the road getting to Tucson. It was hot, but we made it!