TRAVEL DAY
From: Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, Alamogordo, NM – Cloudcroft.
To: City of Rocks State Park, Faywood, NM.
Day 87 – At 7:15 a.m. this morning it was 35 degrees, partly cloudy with no wind. This was a scenic campground; we will come back here again. We departed at 9:30 a.m. after dumping tanks and hooking the Honda up to the RV. This was a bit earlier than usual, and we ended up being very glad we left early.
CLOUDCROFT/WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT.
Day 86 – It was 24 degrees this morning and the sun was shining in the distance when we got up. We watched the sunlight creep over the desert as the sun rose. It immediately felt warmer when the sun was finally shining on the RV.
Continue readingHAPPY BIRTHDAY, KAREN C. WE HOPE IT WAS PURR-FECT!
TRAVEL DAY
From: Leasburg Dam State Park, Radium Springs, NM.
To:Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, Alamogordo, NM – Cloudcroft.
Day 85 – At 7:30 a.m. this morning it was 23 degrees with hazy sun and a slight wind. There are lots of birds here, plenty of various sparrows and small birds, rustling around in the numerous bushes.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAEDI! THINKING OF YOU!
TRAVEL DAY
From: Chupadero Mountain View RV Pk., San Antonio, NM – Bosque del Apache NWR.
To: Leasburg Dam State Park, Radium Springs, NM.
Day 84 – So cold this morning, 18 degrees again. We’re leaving today for some warmer temperatures and less wind, too, hopefully. We were up a little before 7 a.m. Sunny & some wind gusts. We’re heading for Radium Springs, New Mexico. It will be a one-night stopover. Tomorrow we’ll drive to a campground not too far from Alamogordo (home of the world’s largest pistachio!) and a visit to the mountains near the town of Cloudcroft, a recommendation from a friend.
BOSQUE DEL APACHE #6.
LADD #2.
Day 83 – It was 18 degrees this morning, SO cold. But today the wind was much lower and the sun was out all day. We are leaving tomorrow for a new destination. Today will be massive birdwatching.
Continue readingHAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Part 1.
Day 82 – We wish you all a healthy & happy new year for 2022. We know some of you in particular, had a really bad year in 2021. We wish for you strength, faith, and speedy recoveries. Our thoughts are with you.
Continue readingHAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE! PLEASE STAY SAFE.
Day 81 – When we got up this morning we checked the weather forecast. We plan to move along sometime within the next few days, but hadn’t decided where we were going next. We thought about going south, but saw that very cold temperatures would be arriving this weekend along with that winter storm we’d been hearing about. The Winter Storm Warnings at one place we’d considered going to, City of Rocks, made us reconsider.
Continue readingBOSQUE DEL APACHE#5.
Day 80 – It’s beginning to get colder here. The nights were low to mid-30’s, now upper 20’s. The days were upper 50’s to mid-60’s, now upper 40’s to mid 50’s. There’s almost always some wind blowing, but it hasn’t been with the high gusts we’d experienced in eastern New Mexico. Rumor has it that a winter storm may be coming in from the northwest over the weekend.
Continue readingBOSQUE DEL APACHE #4.
Day 79 – This is what happens when we get behind with the blog. We sat down this morning to work on the pictures and text for the blog from two days ago and discovered we’d already posted today’s pictures from the Refuge – in yesterday’s blog, along with all of yesterday’s Refuge pictures. Oh well. When you get behind and don’t post daily, it gets confusing.
Continue readingBOSQUE DEL APACHE #2 AND #3.
Day 78 – The best time to view the birds is usually around sunrise and around sunset. Since we had a LONG day yesterday, we went back to the wildlife refuge today after the sun rose, but we do hope to get up really early one morning and catch the “fly-out”, when the cranes, geese, and ducks that are leaving to go to the fields depart mostly all at once. It can be quite a spectacle.
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