We went to El Paso yesterday and did a lot of shopping. We were all over El Paso as we had to go to Ft Bliss and also drop son-in-law at the airport. We usually shop on the east side, and we did that yesterday too. Traffic was lighter, and I only noticed a few closed businesses, small shops and food stands, but most of them were even open. We saw a lot of businesses were flying American flags!!
There was supposed to have been a big protest down town, but it had to be fairly small- at one point we were very near down town and saw no sign of the protest. I did a lot of shopping and the stores and the restaurant where we ate had plenty of help, service was good. I didn't notice less shoppers, still had to wait in check out lines. I saw many hispanics working and shopping- I hate to say this but what was missing was the low class people who are rude and pushy in stores and let their children run wild in public, and it seemed like the same type of people who were missing in traffic.
Son-in-law flew into Dallas yesterday and called to let us know he made it. He said things seemed normal there from what he could tell. Shuttle service picked him up and things were smooth at the Hotel he was at. We were picking on him that he was going to get a dirty room because no American would clean a motel room. That's funny to me because at one point I did clean motel rooms for a living.
All in all a great day, would love to have more days like that!!
A huge DITTO THAT! :)