After leaving the park in SE Texas, we stayed at various COE parks while making our way thru Texas.
We actually found the place where no 4G cell or data worked in a quiet part of west Texas. It was a nice area with smaller, but vibrant towns, and gentle rolling hills with some Juniper and plenty of Mesquite.
We were heading toward the higher elevations of NM waiting for the opportunity to use the remainder of our annual camping pass for New Mexico States Park, slated to open in June, so we shoot for Cloudcroft.
We settled into a NFS campground at 9000 feet under tall pines and easy temperatures near 78 degrees.
- Forest road within the park.
The park is close enough to Texas, that the majority of visitors are from Texas. Cloudcroft has winter skiing, and many quaint shops, that at the present time, we pass on. A couple of popular restaurants showed no signs of social distancing. Who knows the real statistics on any of that virus, but we are not ready to throw caution to the wind.
In the meanwhile, we continue to be creative for new dinner-time meals.
Our time at a NFS Campground has been enjoyable, while Ellie and I average 1 to 2 miles per day on the forest service roads and woodsy trails that border each campground loop.
She turns into a different dog altogether the minute her feet leave the pavement.
As the anticipated NMSP opening date nears, wouldn’t you quess, they have delayed the opening a third time.
Oh well, we need to stay cool so we are going to the White Mountains of Arizona.
While traveling thru the small town of Carrizozo, NM, we see flashing lights ahead everywhere.
We slow down to gain perspective, and see wide-load warning vehicles, on all corners of the four-way stop.
in years past, I once saw the arm of a wind-farm tower going down the road, but never up close and in slow motion.
They cut the corner, thru the back side of a large gas station to navigate the four way intersection. There were three of these truckers pulling one blade each. What a job!!
Another car follows closely to watch the tail of the blade does not take out nearby buildings.
As we settled in last night near Socorro, we were thankful when the sun finally set and temps cooled off from the 101 degree high.
We look forward to reaching cooler temps by midday.
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