Pulling stakes in Sierra Vista / Huachuca area, we merged back onto I-10 to continue our progress going east. All of this highway passes through terrain at about 4000 foot elevation, but the road does go up and down over some minor ridges. The biggest ridge is the Continental Divide in western New Mexico at about 4600′.
The road passes through sagebrush and grass plains with small, spectacular mountain ranges strewn about the horizons. The BNSF train tracks run parallel to the interstate for most of the way and are well-utilized by numerous long trains running about every 15 minutes, both ways. The eastbound slow lane paving of I-10 is pretty bumpy and, when we could, we drove in the fast lane to avoid our expensive dental work falling out from vibration.
After a couple hundred miles, we passed through Deming, NM, and about 10 miles further on we pulled up at Rancho Lobo RV Park. We stayed at this same park in 2015 on our east coast tour. The park does not suffer from the nighttime racket of parks in town which are located a block or two from I-10. Rancho Lobo is a bit further from the freeway (maybe 800 yards) and the busy adjacent train tracks so it is pretty quiet at night. It is also bitterly cold for us west coasters with nighttime temperatures below freezing. The park has a surcharge (14 cents per kwh) for electricity but that is probably because everyone runs small electric heaters in addition to their propane furnaces at night. They now have wi-fi which works very well, in addition to full hookups, a laundry and a restroom/shower facility. Check Passport America for their listing.
There are some locomotive pix available if you click here