Kathysawandering: Little Rock Ar to Fort Huachuca Arizona

After leaving Little Rock we made what seemed like along haul across Texas. The gently rolling hill country with its scrub oaks and cattle gave way to what seemed like an endless, sparsely populated open plains with oil pumps bobbing their heads up and down . Evidence of sever drought everywhere. I was surprised to see quite a few wind turbines with their white ghostly arms rotating in the wind dotted along the ridges, they always fascinate me!

A short drive through New Mexico with a stop in Deming and on to Fort Huachuca. We stayed at the RV park on post at the foot of the Huachuca Mts.

Fort Huachuca, home of the Buffalo Soldiers had its beginnings in 1877 as a temporary camp in this shaded canyon with plenty of trees and water. Its location was so well situated along Chiricahua Apache escape routes into Mexico that it was made a permanent fort in 1882. It served as a staging for the march into Mexico by Gen. Pershing's 10th Cavalry in pursuit of Poncho Villa. In World War II the post trained African-American infantry, later the post was a proving ground for electronic weaponry. Now home to the center for all military intelligence training.