{"id":223991,"date":"2026-03-28T02:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T02:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/223991\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T02:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T02:04:06","slug":"strong-wind-gusts-hit-el-pasos-scenic-drive-but-visitors-still-flock-to-overlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/223991\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong wind gusts hit El Paso\u2019s Scenic Drive, but visitors still flock to overlook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Strong wind gusts swept across El Paso on Friday, but the windy weather didn\u2019t stop visitors from heading to Scenic Drive in Central El Paso to take in the binational view.<\/p>\n<p>One visitor, Carealine, said the wind was noticeable but not enough to spoil the experience. \u201cIt makes my skin feel a little gritty. But, but all in all, it&#8217;s beautiful. It&#8217;s beautiful,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>From Scenic Drive, visitors can see across multiple borders at once.<\/p>\n<p>Zach described the view this way: \u201cYou&#8217;re standing in the United States and you can see Mexico. But then also, if you look over behind me you can see New Mexico.\u201d He added, &#8220;That&#8217;s truthfully a super special thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/strong-winds-return-to-the-borderland-friday?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strong Winds Return to the Borderland Friday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For some, the windy weather was simply part of the moment.<\/p>\n<p>A newly married couple said they came to Scenic Drive to celebrate and take photos despite the conditions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we just got married and we want to come up here and celebrate this. Take a few pictures, a few photographs, look at the scenery. We don&#8217;t care about the weather. We don&#8217;t care about anything else other than we want to share a good experience,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>Others visiting the Borderland echoed that sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>Luis said, \u201cI actually enjoy it. I think we&#8217;re having a great time out here, honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zach said the turnout reflected people&#8217;s willingness to appreciate the view no matter the conditions. \u201cI think it says that regardless of the weather, we&#8217;re going to enjoy ourselves. We&#8217;re going to take some time to appreciate things that we have,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Carealine agreed. \u201cIt&#8217;s not stopping me at all. I&#8217;m loving it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/el-pasoans-describe-shaky-drives-as-spring-winds-bring-dust-pollen-and-allergy-flare-ups?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Pasoans describe shaky drives as spring winds bring dust, pollen and allergy flare-ups<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Strong wind gusts swept across El Paso on Friday, but the windy weather&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-223991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}