The scenic Drive overlook is really nice! You can see El Paso and Juarez, Mexico all from one view…read more There's a few different stopping points so be sure to go all the way to the top to take the iconic picture on the rocks.

It was spectacular during the day. I am sure that the view is standing at night with the lights of…read moreEl Paso.

I went on the tour of sites downtown and the De Soto Hotel. I am pretty skeptical, but I enjoy…read moreghost tours to hear the stores and learn about historical sites. I went with a date, because it seemed like something different and interesting. The guides were knowledgeable and good storytellers. At the De Soto, it was super creepy, I kept feeling like the young man standing next to me was inching really close, but then when I'd look over, he was several feet away? "Something" also brushed against, or grabbed my arm when there was nothing around me. I would recommend that they arrange a bathroom break since the tour is 2+ hours. Also, at the De Soto there are bins of moldy garbage, they should probably clean that out if people are going to be down there.

I had a spectacular time! Our tour guide Oscar was incredible! He was informative, engaging, and…read morefriendly, which made the entire experience so much better. The tour itself was spooky and chilling, with a perfect atmosphere for anyone who loves a good thrill. I totally recommend doing this tour 10 out of 10!

In a city where I didn't find as much art as I had hoped, this mural is a huge and spectacular…read moresurprise. Where else should I look for art here in El Paso? I'd love your input! This massive mural of a mountain lion is many stories high and adorns the One San Jacinto Plaza Building downtown. It's constructed of recycled trash, believe it or not! This colorful masterpiece was created by Portuguese artist Bordalo Segundo. Here is his quote: "We are destroying the world the habitat of the animals, we are also animals so I think we should think we are also destroying our own habitat." If you appreciate art or are just curious, you have to check this out! Life is great with unique art!

When I heard my sister was having her daughters birthday party their I was a little confused. A…read morebirthday party for a 10 year old at a paranormal headquarters? But I was surprised not only by the location but by the information that was given to us. They are a TAPPS family member, for those who don't know what that is, it's the show on SYFY. They showed us their haunted items that they are protecting us from and we walked downtown El Paso at night and found out many great things. For those of you that are into the paranormal this is a must visit!

I called their number to see if the BROTHELtour was still on and if I needed to make an…read moreappointment! The OLD lady said NO need to make appt come downtown for tour. I made it downtown for tour at 7pm. When I got there the same old lady told me that the tour was now ALL BOOKED UP!!! If I wanted I could make payment for future tour!!! Or see the regular tour going on now. I declined!! You could barerly hear the TOUR GUIDE..no mic!! Then they take you around downtown..to run down buildings..and made up STORIES they read from a TABLET and show u stupid pics they copied from on-line sources.....all FAKE!!! They took the tour crowd to a building close to the outdoor concert going on---and they try to talk over loud music...YOU CAN't HEAR A THING!!! WHY PAY FOR A TOUR AND GET A GUIDE WHEN YOU CANNOT HEAR THE OLD LADY TALKING!!! GET THE BOOK WRITTEN BY METZ!! BETTER INFORMATION AND TRUTHFUL IN HIS WRITING OF OUR HISTORY!! DON'T BOTHER WITH THIS FAKE TOUR!!!

What a difference a year makes! The 2016 Sun City Bacon Festival really improved over 2015's, kudos…read moreto the organizers, and frankly to me, I deserve kudos for my honest and helpful review, so give me some darn kudos! (I suppose Tanya also deserves some amount of kudos, but I don't plan on sharing mine, GET YOUR OWN KUDOS!) Kudo politics aside, this year's festival just felt way better planned, there were more local restaurants participating with a plethora of creative bacony treats, and there didn't seem to be shortages like last year. The lines were way better managed, I think that using the piggybucks tokens really helped expedite transactions, plus we didn't experience the cash only nightmare of 2015. My favorites this year were the Bacon-wrapped wings from Crave, and the Maple Bacon Bread Pudding from Ode Brewery (that one was so good it actually did run out), plus Cabo Joe's 3 little piggies came back from last year, yum! Brass Monkey's bacon grilled cheese was not too shabby either. They also moved the stage which helped keep the noise from overwhelming you while you explore the festival, and they had more merch available, I even got a sweet piggy nose! I'm really glad that the festival improved, I am pro-Bacon and I'm not ashamed to admit it, but hopefully the organizers will not rest in their laurels and make it even better in 2017, and I'll be here ready to claim my rightful share of kudos.

I'm torn with this one. I LOVE seeing new (or borrowed) ideas in El Paso and Baconfest was a great…read moreone, but I HATE seeing poor, rushed execution. If this does truly become an annual event I'd love to see a whole lot more thought go into Baconfest and what it actually is. I'm glad I went because I do enjoy supporting events like this and showing that there is an interest for such an event in the area. Next year I would like to see a whole lot more. One of the biggest issues I had with this event was the vagueness. There was no website set up for Baconfest... sure they posted an article about it on the KLAQ website, but there was really no where for anyone to really find answers to some pretty important questions (i.e. What time is this event over?). They had a Facebook event page set up, but not a Facebook page and again it didn't answer any real questions people might have. The markup basically said: The event starts at 11 AM, there will be bacon, there will be a costume contest, and there will be a hog calling contest. It didn't tell you what time the event was over, if you could bring pets (it turned out you couldn't, but since that wasn't blatantly apparent I did see many dogs at the event), how do you enter the contests, what time are the contests at, who's bringing the bacon, what different variations of bacon will there be, what other vendors will be at the event, and what kind of just-for-fun things will be at this event? Finishing this review would just be easiest by answering those questions... so here goes. What time is the event over? 5 PM. There were even vendors that were asking patrons what time the event was over. Literally no one knew. Can you bring pets? They said 'no', but they didn't have anyone manning any of the access points or security for that matter so do as you please. I regret not bringing my little Charlie because she truly believes bacon is LIFE. How do you enter the contests? This still isn't incredibly clear to me, but it had to be done at the event (yup, there was no online form to sign up anywhere). I'm actually assuming it was either at the stage or at the Baconfest tent selling shirts. What time are the contests? Whenever they call them over the speakers on the stage so stay close to the stage if you're trying to enter something. The contests I saw only had about four people in them so chances of winning are high! Who's bringing the bacon? They literally never released a complete list of vendors. The only thing they listed were the restaurants that actually fell inside the bounds of the event. No duh! They had "VIP" available at The Garden that included three different bacon starters and two drinks (very vague though... what kind of bacon starters and drinks?). There were actually quite a few foodtrucks at the event like Sweet Addiction, Crave, and Sloppy Seconds that received absolutely no recognition or promotion prior to the event. What different variations of bacon will there be? Nope, they never even told you if Crave was just making regular bacon or bacon wrapped shrimp. They were making bacon wrapped shrimp (which was my favorite). There was also chocolate covered bacon (two different varieties... the price on one was a little high though), bacon sugar cookies, pork belly hush puppies, caramel bacon cashew marshmallow praline, waffle bacon, bacon pizza, bacon sushi, BLT sushi rolls, pork belly on a stick and more. What other vendors will there be? Not many unfortunately and the vendors that didn't have a bacon product didn't even do anything bacon related. Are you kidding me?! Can I get some bacon costumes or something? There was one vendor selling salsa. They were also giving samples, they could've easily served their salsa samples on top of a small slice of bacon. There was a lady selling body wraps... we're at Baconfest, we don't care about our figure right now. I think at most there was six other vendors, but they didn't even seem that involved in the event. What kind of just-for-fun things will be at the event? Other than the free photobooth, nothing. Literally, nothing. Sadly it was just a lot of shuffling from one long line to the next. I would've liked to see some game booths, a jumping balloon for kids, a bacon mascot that people would've tried to take pictures with... anything that could've broken up the lines a little bit and enticed me to stay after having my fill of bacon related products. It just felt like if you weren't eating bacon, it was time to go. Again, I'll go next year... I would just like to see more organization, not something that someone slapped together. There really is no excuse. It may have been executed in a month, but it could've been done better and honestly, the rush to do it in a month was their own... the El Paso community was not demanding this event be done NOW so the sloppiness falls on the heads of the event organizers.

We needed this. We definitely needed this. The Sun City Fair is better than any carnival I've been…read moreto here (yes, I know a fair and a carnival are not the same... that's just the only thing you can really compare it to). This year it's going until the 10th and I we'll be checking it out a couple more times before it's over. My fiance and I went on opening night. It was pretty cold and I didn't come prepared in a heavy enough jacket so we decided to skip the rides, but we did get an idea of everything they had going and I was impressed. Lot's of rides, some trusted goodies like the Zipper and Tirlt-a-Whirl, and some ones that I've only seen in amusement parks (like this one that I can only describe as a spinning Superman). The Ferris Wheel was impressive in size and looked like each seat might actually be able to hold more than two people or maybe two people and a small child. Along with carnival food stands, they also had food trucks on site. Nice. We wanted the carnival food and went with jumbo corndogs, a funnel cake, and a sliced caramel apple (with an uncomfortable amount of caramel... at my request). All exactly how I remember them being as a kid, not good for you, but hard to stop eating. While there, we also caught the cowboy act (didn't catch his name) that was actually pretty good and entertaining even for an adult. We spent a couple of bucks to go inside the "freakshow" tent... probably more entertaining and creepy for a child, but still cool in a novelty kind of way. And they have a giant river rat that seemed like the sweetest thing (my heart is too big because I saw an adorable animal, but in reality he probably would've bit me in a heartbeat). I wasn't so fond of the petting zoo area, but I tend to be anti-petting zoo in general. They did have a large amount of goats though so this would be a great way to introduce your kids to farm animals especially living in a place like El Paso where most don't make it out to a farm. They picked a great location. Really great for any ages. I can't wait to see what they do next year and I hope that the local 4-H branches get in on the fun because the only thing this fair is missing is a little competition. Oh and keep in mind, you need to bring cash. If not, you're going to be searching for an ATM in the area (the one at the country club ran out of cash during the day if that tells you anything).

I don't think I've ever actually spent an entire day at a fair.. until now! Got to the park around…read more3ish.. didn't leave until after 9. Didn't even realize how long I'd been there! I had a blast. Rode most of the rides (cliff hanger was my favorite), watched Lady Houdini escape from a straight jacket and a water cell, took a picture with the cutest tea cup pig, and petted a bunch of sad looking goats in the petting zoo. Biggest complaints: 1- guided by reflective vested workers, had to park a mile away. Finally got to the gates, there was a parking lot only about a quarter filled for seemingly no reason. But, oh well. A bit of walking doesn't kill me. 2- dirt, dirt, dirt. I wore sandals. My feet were scary dirty by the time I left. But, oh well. This is El Paso, should've expected it. 3- price. $5 park entrance fee. $5-10 Fair entrance fee. Ticket/wristband prices inside the gates. Plus food/drink/activity costs. But, oh well. I knew going in, this was a money trap. 4- upon leaving, it felt like walking out of the fair and into some strange mixture of a car show/barrio/street party. It was a bit uncomfortable walking back to the car. Especially when an inebriated young man stumbled/ran right across my path, drink in hand, to relieve himself just a few feet away. Classy. No "but, oh well"s this time.

Wakeem Teschner Nature Preserve at Resler Canyon is a nature preserve and hiking trail in metro El…read morePaso. When I pulled up to the address I didn't think I was in the right spot as it was a parking lot behind a strip shopping mall and in front of local Fox / ABC affiliate. The entry to the preserve is in the corner of the parking lot and marked with a pink sign. Nice short hike, maybe a couple miles. Some interesting plants and animals. Trail has some signs explaining the environment. Coyotes could be a legit hazard as I ran into a big one shortly into the walk. It is situated between two nice neighborhoods. Not sure if any safety concerns. I suggest caution if walking alone as I was, as no one was around in the canyon.

Amazing trails! There was about 3 different options to take, my husband and I did the green tagged…read moreloop trail (About 2 miles total). Great mix of uphill, downhill, and flat grounds! No sights of any wildlife, just a few bird and LOTS of cacti. It's a bit hidden but it's there, it appear a fence was put up but according to a sign we saw it was still open and advised to solely stay on the man made trails:)

When we arrived to the Jail it was close. We calld the number on the door and a sweet lady answered…read moreand said she could have it opened for us in 2mins. Just as she said a man came and opened it for us and let us in. The jail is small but full of history. It won't take you long to stroll through the whole jail and read up on some historical facts. They let you in the jail cells for pics and the man that gave us the tour was nice and had no problem answering all our questions.

I've come here twice and see their Facebook posts it's an interesting place to visit the people…read moreseem to be friendly that work here and has lots of neat facts. What gives it two stars They make hanging look like a joke (as in ha ha ha) they mock those who were hung or lynched. I do not like how they have a photo booth for this I thought it to be very inappropriate and offensive.