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It’s an exciting day for viewing wildlife at Kartchner Caverns State Park! We thought seeing deer here was exciting but much more was in store for today. Ron took a hike mid-morning with camera in tow. His plan was to capture some bird photos and he wasn’t disappointed, getting photos of 2 new species. WalkingContinue reading “Jan 24, 2023 Day 3 Benson, AZ”

It was snowing this morning when we woke up and it seemed strange to see a snow-covered cactus, but this was the case. In speaking with a local person, they said it’s fairly rare but does happen at times. With this parks less than 60 minutes from the border with Mexico, we thought it wouldContinue reading “Jan 23, 2025 Day 2 Benson, AZ”

Arizona! After 2 full weeks in New Mexico, we are leaving for Arizona at 10:00am for the Benson area and the Kartchner Caverns State Park Campgrounds. The road starts out great, as it’s recently paved, and traffic is light but an hour later the road starts to deteriorate with constant potholes in the slower laneContinue reading “Jan 22, 2023 Day 1 Benson, AZ”

Today our focus was getting ready for tomorrow’s travel day and staying Kartchner’s Caverns State Park near Benson, AZ. We had a few items to pick up at Walmart, then to TSC for Justice’s dog food, getting a propane tank filled, and then back to the camper. At Walmart we decided to buy a trebleContinue reading “Jan 21, 2023, Day 3 Deming, NM”

There is lots of sunshine this morning, but the temperature is around 22 degrees with a high of 52 degrees in the forecast. The air is dry here and even when it’s in the 40s with the sun shining, it’s quite comfortable. We learned yesterday that metal detecting is allowed in public parks in NewContinue reading “Jan 20, 2023, Day 2 Deming, NM”

We leave Oliver Lee Memorial State Park around 8:30am to travel to Deming, NM. It was cold with temperatures around 22 degrees and slightly breezy, resulting in a real feel of 18 degrees. Ron gets us hitched up really quickly and we are soon travelling down the road. In the distance, we see the snow-cappedContinue reading “Jan 19, 2023 Day 1 Deming, NM”

It was another chilly morning here in New Mexico and checking our weather back home, it’s warmer there. Most of New Mexico is at higher elevations resulting in colder temperatures during the winter. On a short walk this morning, we read that the valley is called Tularosa Basin. It formed during the Pleistocene Ice Age,Continue reading “Jan 18, 2023 Day 3 White Sands, NM”

It was chilly and blustery this morning with the forecast is calling for rain. Dog Canyon Trail is located here, and Ron checked into it on AllTrails, then decided to give it a go. It’s a 5-mile hike out and back but with rain threatening, he decided to head back at the 1.2-mile mark, allContinue reading “Jan 17, 2023 Day 2 White Sands, NM”

After an uneventful night in the Walmart parking lot, we pulled out after waking up early around 6:30am. There were 9 other campers parked in our vicinity for a free overnight stay and refuge from the winds. Today’s route took us into the San Andreas Mountain range, and it was awesome. The road is aContinue reading “Jan 16, 2023 White Sands, NM”

The forecast for Sunday called for strong, gusty winds for today starting at 5:00am – 8:00pm MT. We are leaving Carlsbad today to travel to Oliver Lee Memorial State Park in Alamogordo, NM and we were concerned after seeing the forecast. I checked our RVTrip Wizard for a RV safe route and it suggested 3Continue reading “Jan 15, 2023 Day 1 Roswell, NM”

We made reservations the other day to visit Carlsbad Caverns today. We picked an early time slot for 9:30am MT and left the campgrounds a little after 8:00am. It was a beautiful sunrise, and we snapped a couple photos as the sun was coming up before getting ready to depart. The drive from the campgroundsContinue reading “Jan 14, 2023 Day 6 Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM”

Happy Friday, the 13th! Overnight the temperatures dipped into the 20s and by morning, the hose connecting the park’s water to our camper had developed some ice. We were rather perturbed at ourselves for not thinking of bringing the hose in overnight to avoid this problem and potentially much worse problems if the water linesContinue reading “Jan 13, 2023 Day 5 Carlsbad, NM”

The wind died down around 7:00pm last night and it was a relief for things to quiet down. It was chilly overnight at 36 degrees, but the sun was bright today with few to little clouds, and the temperatures warmed up to the upper 50s. Most of New Mexico is in higher elevations with coolerContinue reading “Jan 12, 2023 Day 4 Carlsbad, NM”

The sunrise this morning was just as spectacular or possibly more so, than yesterday’s sunset. Ron snapped a few photos of it before checking out the geocache that we discovered was located nearby here. GPS led him down to the boat ramp at the Lake, about .6 miles from the campground across the desert andContinue reading “Jan 11, 2023 Day 3 Carlsbad, NM”

Brantly Lake State Campground is very quiet at night, and we slept well. After some morning coffee, Ron explores the area and I catch up on work. There are several trails here, with one leading down to the lake and another into the desert. He picks the lake trail and with camera in tow, getsContinue reading “Jan 10, 2023 Day 2 Carlsbad, NM”