day 20, mile 905.3, Mesa Inn, El Paso, TX

so, at the $25 motel where we're staying, they've thoughtfully and
sensibly placed a rose garden in the courtyard next to the pool and
hot tub - this way, while you're lounging in the water, instead of
being forced to endure the offensive neutrality of plain air, you are
engulfed in the luxurious aroma of sweet flower essence... like a
civilized human.