Nov 1, 2020 - Lunch with Dean & Dawn

Date: November 1, 2020 Tonight’s Location: Deming, NM Campground: Desert Vista RV Park Mileage: End - 2510 Start - 2176 Total Miles for the day: 334 Weather: mostly sunny Temperature: start 37º High 77º Wildlife count: Pronghorn, deer Year List: 347 Birds: Woodhouse Scrub Jay, Scaled Quail After a McD’s breakfast, we left Santa Rosa around 7:45am. With all of the time changes, it is difficult to determine time around here! Drove SW on NM54 and NM60. At times, the roads were excellent, and through a few counties, they were less than ideal,...

Oct 31, 2020 - Weatherford to Santa Rosa, NM

Date: October 31, 2020 Tonight’s Location: Santa Rosa, New Mexico Campground: Santa Rosa RV Campground Mileage: End - 2174 Start - 1809 Total Miles for the day: 365 Weather: sunny, patches of snow around Temperature: start º44 High 74º Wildlife count: Pronghorn Year List: 345 Birds: We left this morning at 8:14 after a late beautiful sunrise at 8am. Headed west on I-40 all day, stopping at a rest area for our sack lunch, and three times for fuel at Flying J – we had a head wind, so our mileage was rather low, around 8-9 miles/gal. Arrived...

Oct 3, 2020 - Red River, New Mexico

It's time once again to start heading back towards Albuquerque for some semi-annual medical check-ups including a colonoscopy for Jim. But its Covid-19 Pandemic season and we have to self-quarantine for two weeks so we starting in Red River, NM just across the border from Colorado, couldn't think of a better place for quarantining. We had a nice campsite in the Roadrunner RV Resort Park located on the north end of Red River, NM. We originally thought we had a riverside site but found out upon arrival that we were actually one site away from...

Sep 18, 2020 - Tucumcari, TX

This is another OK overnight stop, at a KOA right on the Old Route 66. The KOA is an old park but still good. Interstate 40 overlaps a lot of the old Rt 66. I am not much interested in seeing the town along old Rt 66, because to me it is just a lot of rusty old buildings with stores and restaurants that are all out of business.

Sep 15, 2020 - Hello, Everyone

Good morning and "hello" to everyone out there. - It's been a month or so since I last wrote but here I am at 6:20 in the morning drinking my coffee and pecking at these keys trying to wake up. This is my morning ritual, every morning. Some days I don't start moving around until 8 and sometimes 9. I have always been that way even when I was in the working world I would get up at least half hour earlier for me to wake up before I move around. It's best that way or I'd be pouring my juice over my cereal instead of in a glass. - Our daily...

Aug 28, 2020 - Day 1 - Hacienda RV Resort, Las Cruces, NM

It's departure day, but first we need to load the perishable supplies, which turns out to be quite an operation. I believe we have enough food and alcohol to last us through the next pandemic - well certainly enough food. It takes us well over two hours to get everything stowed away. My goal of departing by 0900 becomes a pipe dream. It's more like 1045 before we finally roll out of the driveway. But we're on vacation and time has no meaning, so it's all good. It's another in a VERY long series of blisteringly hot days in the desert but we...

Aug 28, 2020 - Albuquerque, NM

/// August 28, 2020 American RV Resort Albuquerque, NM // A Travel Day: We really enjoyed our stay at Sky Mountain RV Park and we are sad to be leaving. At our departure we stopped at the office to bid our farewells to the owners. We have already book an extended stay for next season and will look forward to our return. Hopefully COVID will no longer be a factor and Chama can enjoy a revitalized economy. The community relies heavily on the tourist season and the Combres & Toltec Scenic Railroad which was closed this season. // Our route...

Jul 29, 2020 - Sky Mountain RV Park - DESTINATION

/// JULY 29, 2020 A TRAVEL DAY: With just a distance of 90 miles to travel today so we delayed out departure as long as our patience would allow. We were definitely anxious for our return trip to Chama, NM. // Our route today was fairly simple, east on Rt160 and south on Rt 64. The scenery was very pleasant, the road conditions were good and no traffic. We stopped a couple of times to relax and delay our pending arrival until after 12:00 pm. We made good time and arrived at Sky Mountain RV Park just after noon. We checked in which was a...

Jul 17, 2020 - Gorge(ous)

Just a quick entry on Taos. There are an amazing amount of art museums in Taos. Tragically all are closed. Lots of restaurants too but only outdoor table service or take out is allowed, so many remain closed. As I was doing my research for a Taos walking tour, I discovered that most of the “historic” buildings are not “original” structures. There have been many destructive fires throughout the history of Taos. Many of the current “historic” structures have been rebuilt and modified, giving them a seamless, older look. I dare say that Taos...

Jul 13, 2020 - Do You Know the Way to Santa Fe?

We’ve made it just under the wire on New Mexico’s 14-day quarantine. With this stop in Santa Fe, we “officially” have documentation that we have been in the state (disease-free) for the required time. Not that anyone has asked or that we have seen any evidence of enforcement but it is still nice to be on the right side of the “law.” I cannot recommend visiting Santa Fe now. Street vendors and artisans are nowhere to be found and all the museums, many restaurants and other attractions are closed. We walked the empty streets of Old Town...

Jul 8, 2020 - En Route to Raton, New Mexico

Wed., July 8th – We woke up to lower 40*s and were shivering getting the rig ready to roll south to New Mexico. After a stop at the most unique Sand Dunes National Park (tallest sand dunes in North America), we moved on to Raton, NM where the temps were now in the mid 90s! We’re here for just an overnight stop before traveling on to Oklahoma tomorrow.

Jul 7, 2020 - Smokey, Lincoln And The Aliens

Despite what the media portrays, many Americans remain healthy, happy and enjoying life. Everyone is affected by the unceasing and ridiculous Covid numbers game, confusion over whose life “really matters” and the trite, careless and malicious rewriting of American history. Nevertheless, this past week was America’s 244th Birthday - commemorating our Declaration of Independence, our freedom from tyranny and our love of country - and we remain proud to be Americans. We’ve spent the week in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Ruidoso is a mountain town,...