When I was younger, I could drive a semi over 600 miles in a day. Today, retired, there is no hurry as where ever we stop, our house is right behind us. Our next area to explore would be in Arizona, 985 miles away, so we drove about 250 miles a day and stopped for two nights each in Fredericksburg, Ft Stockton, and El Paso before landing in Benson AZ. Two nights gives us one day to relax. In Fredericksburg, we strolled along the main street in town to shop for jams, jellies, and hot sauces before having some traditional German food for lunch. Also saw the National Museum of the Pacific War. In Ft Stockton we did our grocery shopping. In El Paso we went to Franklin Mountain State Park for some hiking. Lastly, after driving straight thru New Mexico, we landed in Arizona, this year to explore the southern part of the state.