travel up TransMountain and...
by globughm
travel up TransMountain and Scenic Drives to see the city and the valleys. This will give you a better idea of how vast the area is and how many places there are to see. El Paso is really a city that lives and lets live. The minority group -- Mexican Americans is really the majority in El Paso. There are significant numbers of all cultures which live side by side. There are many military retirees so that many El Pasoans have international experience. The blends are interesting and continuing.
Hot summers, dry area!
by matcrazy1
Pack sun glasses! Light cotton clothes (shorts, T-shirts) for warm or hot days from spring to fall. Sweater/pullover and/or jacket for colder evenings/nights (not in summer though) and in winter. El Paso is surrounded by the Chihuahuan Desert, the easternmost section of the Basin and Range Region and lies at elevation of 3,740 ft (1,140 m) above sea level. Summers are hot (over 35C, 90F) but freeze is not seldom in winter. The best weather to visit El Paso is in March to May and in October-November in my opinion. Check climate by month:
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Check weather forecast for El Paso now. Good quality sun protection cosmetics with high UV filter, especially if your skin is as white as mine. Use them BEFORE or just after you leave your car. El Paso is sunny most of the time. Take a polarizing filter to darken overly light sky (especially with clouds). Neutral density filter may be useful, too. Well, they need some practice to use them properly. More here Ice chest (it costs some $20-$35) with ice cubes and cold beverages inside for car trips :-).
This might sound strange but...
by craftsman
This might sound strange but Fort Bliss is really off the beaten path for most travellers to El Paso. 'Its a great day to be a solider', reads a sign on a bridge linking two parts of the Fort across a major roadway.
Spanish architecture and El Paso Street
by matcrazy1
El Paso Street is located in the heart of El Paso. This is the first and oldest street in the city. Famous folks have walked this street including Wyatt Earp (officer of the law in various Western frontier towns), Billy the Kid (a 19th century American frontier outlaw and gunman), Pat Garrett (an American Old West lawman, bartender, and customs agent who was most known for killing Billy the Kid), Pancho Villa (one of the foremost leaders of the Mexican Revolution, between 1911 and 1920), U.S. President William H. Taft, and the legendary El Paso Marshal Dallas Stoudenmire (an Old West gunman and lawman). On April 14, 1881, the infamous Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight took place on this dusty street between present day East San Antonio Ave. and East Overland Ave.
But for me the most attractive was architecture of a few old buildings along El Paso Street including this building in my pictures which stands on corner of West Overland Ave. and represents mixed style that reminded me a bit some buildings in Mudejar style I have seen in southern Spain.
The park continues...
by DrewV
A colleague of mine in El Paso tells me that she likes to run in the park in the morning, before the heat shows up. While I certainly condone such activity, I'm not sure this is where I would do it. One morning, as I drove across the city, the haze was so thick over Juarez that you could barely see across the drainage ditch... I mean... river. Still, if the air quality is OK, this would make a nice place for picnics, jogging, or whatever.
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My son & I on Ranger Peak, El Paso behind & Juarez
Discovering El Paso, Texas and its great views!
The twins exploring the Frankling Mtns, El Paso
Hotel Paso Del Norte
