May 21, 2013 - Raton Pass, New Mexico

We had another good trip to Raton Pass. We found our campground, Cedar Rail RV Park with no trouble. It was right on top of the mountain! Elevation about 7800 feet. We got in around 3:30PM. A pretty time of the day. Out our backdoor was this beautiful scene of valley and mountains. So we sat outside and played with Charlie so everyone could stretch our legs and take in the beautiful weather. We then met a couple other folks who took a liking to Charlie. They said there is a warning in the campground about a mountain lion that had been...

Apr 23, 2013 - Raton NM - Sugarite Canyon State Park – Lake Alice Campground

18 DEGREES!!!!! That was the temperature this morning at 7:30 a.m. And, we’re supposed to set a new record low tonight. UGH! This is not the kind of weather we were hoping for when we set off from Buckeye. Roger and I have never stayed out in the camper overnight when it was this cold. To add to the fun, it snowed off and on all day today. It didn’t stick to the ground, but it was wet and cold. Most everyone in the campground stayed inside all day. Rog, Bridget and I went into town and got a roast to make for dinner. We figured we’d have a...

Oct 24, 2012 - Raton, New Mexico

We left Scottsbluff this morning (Wednesday)around 10:30 with cloudy threatening skies. Our route took us from Scottsbluff south on Hwy 71 to Interstate 80. Then west to Cheyenne, Wyoming. From there we picked up Interstate 25 and headed south into Colorado. We stopped at a rest area to check the weather forecast only to find that snow and icy conditions were expected throughout the entire state of Colorado. We decided to continue all the way to Raton, New Mexico. We drove right through Denver in all that traffic but missed the rush hour....

Aug 28, 2012 - Raton, New Mexico

Let's get the hell out of Dodge!!!!We rode out down the highway, heading West. After leaving Kansas we entered Oklahoma. OMG, we thought Saskatchewan was flat. In Oklahoma you can watch your dog run away for 10 days...LOL. Oklahoma was also home to many, many stockyards. Stinky, stinky stockyards. We rode for miles past a stockyard, where there was no escape from the smell. Whew! Hard thing to chew, while on a motorcycle, lol. Once we entered into New Mexico, the terrain instantly changed to rolling hills and mountains, much comparable to...

Jun 6, 2012 - Raton, NM

Today we made it out of Texas and to Raton, NM. Leaving TX was fairly non-descript, but New Mexico held some wonderful sights. We saw an old vocano off in the distance and when we saw a sign for a dedicated monument, Wayne did a quick right and off we went. After all, it was only three miles. Three miles on a very narrow road in God's country. Today's pictures include what we saw along our "detour" that led us on a totally unplanned route on Rt. 72. Nothing like seeing the country up close and personal in an RV! It was amazing seeing cows...

May 5, 2012 - Cedar Rail RV Park

We are up in the mountains now. Nice park where we can see some mountains with snow and still be warm. The wind came up last night so we had to bring the slide outs in, and it cooled down to 48 degrees.I guess that's why they call this Raton Pass. We had a great view of the "super" moon as it came up over the mountains.

Nov 1, 2011 - Raton - A Jewel

Sidney, Nebraska to Lamar, Colorado (252 miles) Lamar, Colorado to Raton, New Mexico (158 miles) Its that time of year where we wanted to avoid the possibility of snow and ice as much as possible, so we tried to avoid most of the Rockies. We stayed in Lamar, Colorado two nights and stayed home for most of the time. We hit a grocery store, filled up with fuel, and organized our living quarters a bit. From a photography stand-point, the camera got a complete rest. After a tough climb up to 7200 feet, we arrived in Raton. Actually, Raton is...

Sep 24, 2011 - Raton, NM - Raton KOA

It was a short 66 mile drive today from Walsenburg, CO to Raton,NM. It included climbing over the Raton Pass at 7,824 feet. The climb was about 1,800 feet in nine miles as we started at Trinidad, Co which is at 6,000 feet. It wasn't too bad until the last three miles where the grade got quite a bit steeper but the Mothership just kept chugging on up and then coasted down into Raton. We are staying at the Raton KOA and have a 50 amp full hookup pull-through that would be long enough to keep Libby attached though we disconnected so we could...

Jul 5, 2011 - Raton, New Mexico

Our journey here was to visit The Capulin Volcano National Monument. The drive to the monument was dominated by volcanic features which include cinder cones, lava mounds, and squeeze-ups. The monument itself was very interesting. A road circles the volcano, climbing from the base to a parking area on a low portion of the rim. From the parking area there is a one mile trail that climbs 308 feet to the top of the rim, and follows the rim back to the other side of the parking area. A shorter trail leads to the bottom center of the crater. Bill...

Apr 25, 2011 - Snow flurries in Raton, New Mexico.

Last night we decided to eat in, instead. Neither of us felt like a chain restaurant dinner, so we had “pork chops a la Jackie” instead. I woke up this morning with a pain in my left shoulder and neck, which got progressively worse as I drove. Our trip today took us from Amarillo TX to Raton NM. We were initially going to drive to Lamar Co and then on to Colorado Springs …. But as all fulltimers say ….. our plans are set in jello, and we changed our minds on the route we were going to take. We enjoyed the trip to Raton very much, the road...

Apr 17, 2011 - Raton,NM

We finally got on the road around noon today. Our first destination is Norman, Oklahoma where the National Severe Storms Forecast Center lives. I've always wanted to see it, and the tours run Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (planning on the Wednesday tour). It's gonna take us a couple of days to get there, so we're stuck in Raton tonight, and probably Amarillo tomorrow night, before we can stay put for a few days. Norman is just outside of Oklahoma City. We will be watching the weather closely, as that area is tornado-central. No pics...

Apr 17, 2011 - Raton, NM, Trinidad and up to Littleton, Co

Super good road over to Raton, NM and hitting I 25 up to Littleton and Chatfield State Park today..another 400 mile day. Will stay here 4 days and then over to my friend Nancy's to dog sit Casarina's father Fletcher for a week..resting up this week from the trip and before all the work next week...