We finally made it to New Mexico. The plan is to spend about a month here and just explore. We bought the New Mexico State Park Pass for $225. This annual pass allows camping at the state parks. If you dry camp, normally its $10, but with the pass its free. If you have electric and water hook ups its $14, but with the pass its $4. If we camp at least 23 days we break even with the cost of the pass.
Tonight we're dry camping, so with the park pass, it's free!
Mar 27
We went hiking this morning. Thunder egg trail is right above our campground. Only 1.1 mile along the base of the mountain. The beginning was pretty strenuous, all uphill. But it kind of evens out and the view is awesome. I found some nice rocks. I just have to figure out how to polish them.
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| Lots of spring flowers |
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| Pretty desert flowers |
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| Overlooking the campground from the hiking trail |
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| Entrance to Adobe Deli |
For lunch we took a drive to Adobe Deli, located about 11 miles away. When we were at a park in Arizona, someone recommended this place. As we pulled up to this place, we were like....what the hell???? You would never think there was a restaurant by looking at the front of this place.
The food was soooo good. We had a reuben sandwich, a hamburger, and something called mexican rolls. Everything was ono, we ate almost everything. Lunch was at 2pm, we were still full at dinnertime.
Mar 29 Rockhound State Park - City of Rocks State Park 44 miles 1 hour
City of Rocks State Park is a geological wonder that rests beneath some of the darkest night skies in the country where the stars truly "light up" the night sky. Born some 33 million years ago from a volcanic eruption 1,000 times greater than Mount St. Helens, mother nature has slowly chiseled her into the rock city you see today.
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| People camping between the boulders |
We went to the visitors center and got some good information on the area and places to visit. We took a walk around the campground, about 2 miles. This campground is really spread out and got lots of hiking trails.
We found that Joe's cell doesn't have any service here. My verizon catches but not that great.
Mar 30 Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
This was about 70 miles from our campground but it took us over two hours to drive. Very windy, country road and very scenic.
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| See the caves above my head? |
By studying the growth pattern, archeologists were able to accurately date the structures primarily to the 1280's. Approximately 80 percent of what remains of the architecture is original. Thanks to the natural protection of the caves, these dwellings are the best preserved ancient structures in the area.
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| Pool #1 |
On the way home we stopped at Gila Hotsprings Campground. They have a day use area for $5.00. There were three pools next to a river. The pools were very nice but the campground was kind of ghetto. Could be a really nice campground with a little work. We soaked, had lunch, then soaked again before heading back.
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| Pool #2 |
Apr 01 Silver City
This morning was very cold, about 30 degrees. We drove to Silver City today. About 35 miles from our campground, took us about 40 minutes. We got a lot of things done. Changed oil in the Kia and got it washed, filled gas, and picked up some meds at CVS. Then we went to historic downtown and took a walk. Was pretty chilly. While having lunch at Diane's Restaurant, it started to snow outside. Not really snow...maybe snow flurries but was kind of nice and unexpected. On the way home we made a stop at Walmart and stocked up on some groceries.
This weekend, our campground has been very busy. Plenty cars going in and out, passing our campsite making a lot of dust. When we took a walk this afternoon, we found a whole bunch of people in the group area. They were dressed like Robin Hood or medieval era...I think. They're having some kind of gathering and are walking all over the campground with their costumes. Pretty funny....I told Joe they look like they're in a cult....who knows!!
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| Kind of hard to see everyone dressed up |
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