On to the next place today, heading north to Tijeras, which is just east of Albuquerque. We drove out of the park to the entrance and after telling us to turn left, Nell proceeded to tell us to drive 232 miles; not a nice number to hear at 7.45 in the morning but off we went. We drove on the 285 the whole way to the I40 and in driving 232 miles we only passed through three towns, and one of those was just a wide spot in the road. One of the towns we did pass through was Roswell, and although we kept our eyes on the skies, we didn’t see any UFOs. Again there wasn’t much to look at besides oil pumps, brown foliage and rusted out cars, and, to add to the long distance we had to travel, it was super windy almost the whole drive. Mike had to wrestle to keep the truck and trailer on the road especially when the lorries blew past us.



I wasn’t looking forward to getting to this park as some of the reviews I’d read had stated that it was awful, but when we got here it seems ok. I think I’d be a bit peeved if we were spending $40 a night to stay here, but since we aren’t spending anything I have nothing to complain about; it’s clean and quiet and in the area that we are in there are only 3 other RV’s. The wind seems to have dropped off now too which is good, although I think with a clear sky it’s going to be a little chilly tonight – good job we have a working heater!

Mike: Talk about wind! WOW!