Weather report

After several days of bright blue sky and warm temps (some days over 80F) we now have rain. The forecast says possibly snow showers and a little north of here I-40 near Albuquerque was closed due to snow.  We are presently in New Mexico at an Escapee Park between Carlsbad and Roswell called The Ranch. They call themselves the friendliest park in the system and so far I'd say they are right. They even ring a brass bell when a new arrival comes  into the park so nearby people can come over to greet you. The Escapee system has two kinds of parks, the Rainbow Parks and Co-Op parks. The Ranch is one of the latter. All the sites in the park are owned by individuals and when you visit you get to stay on a site where the owner is absent. I'd say about 20% of the sites are empty.

Yesterday, on the advice of one of our neighbours we drove into The Lincoln National Forest to Sitting Bull Falls. It turned out to be quite a nice place although a longish drive. Then the local camp host told us about a little town another 20 miles into the forest where a restaurant has a very popular smorgasbord every Sunday. So off we went and he was right, a great meal. Somehow the drive out seemed shorter and the scenery was spectacular.




Before coming here we spent a few days in Pecos, Texas at an Escapee Rainbow Park. It is not much of a park. Just a big gravel lot with RV's crammed together. OK for overnight I guess. It didn't help that there was a police officer shot while serving a warrant to a resident of the park. We were away for the day so we missed everything. Seems there was a standoff with the local swat team and the park was evacuated for several hours. And we missed it all.
Tomorrow we are traveling to Roswell the home of Area 51 and the alien museum. More later.

Hope all is well with you.

Pat and Carolyn