It was Sunday morning quiet as we drove through Deming heading north up Hwy 180. We had been told by several people that we needed to see City of Rocks State Park twenty-some miles to the north. They weren’t kidding, it was spectacular with great boulders tumbled together in a fairly flat valley. And the cool thing was the campsites were tucked among the rocks. It was mostly dry camping (no hookups) but they had a few sites with hookups, but they were out in the open. It is definitely a place we’d like to come back and camp. At one campsite there was a female long-eared owl in a nest high in a rock cavity. We looked for the male, who is normally nearby, but never spotted him. From there we traveled on to Silver ... read more

After a quick stop at Walmart, we left Artesia and drove west on Hwy 82, through dry, scrubby and dusty land. It was like this for 40 or 50 miles before finally getting hilly. We drove through James Canyon, where the valleys became greener, to Cloudcroft at 8,600+ ft. There we got our first glimpses of the white sands in the distance. West of Cloudcroft the road wound down at a 6% downgrade for 16 miles. We stopped at a scenic overlook about halfway down to admire the views and let the brakes cool. Once down on flat land again, we drove through Alamogordo to White Sands National Monument. We saw lots of dust devils again today, but they were white due to the white sands. After driving through the dunes, it was back on the ... read more

Well to get the travelblog to publish I had to switch back to Internet Explorer. So yesterday’s blog is published. Now on to today. We left Hot Springs and travelled west on I-30 through Texarkana to Dallas. In Dallas we made a wrong turn and were heading south on I-35E before finally getting onto I-20. The trip through Dallas and Fort Worth was not as bad as anticipated. The traffic moved and most of the drivers were fairly polite. We reached the campground in Weatherford with only one wrong turn and a slight detour. Gena and Bob pulled in 10 or 15 minutes after we did and are parked next to us. We sat outside for a while enjoying the breezes before heading to Walmart for supplies. Supper was brats and potato salad with huckleberry pie ... read more

Friday morning we left Suwannee River State Park and travelled west to Tallahassee to see my Aunt Suzie, who is not really my aunt, but has been friends with my mother since they were in second grade. She’s always been Aunt Suzie to me. We got to her street and discovered the street was closed, so we drove around the block to see if we could get through to her house. The city was digging a big hole in the street to get to the sewer, but allowed us to get past. It was so good to visit with Aunt Sue, after not seeing her in 40 years or more. We visit some on Facebook and have talked on the phone a time or two, but a good face to face chat was wonderful. We didn’t ... read more

A week since our last blog. Shame on me. Kerry enjoyed his last softball game at Boot Key on Tuesday morning. Then after goodbyes to our Marathon friends, it was back north to Miami Springs. We stayed with my mom until Saturday morning; she and I enjoyed some great Skip-Bo games. Friday I did her income tax return, and now that’s done. Thank goodness! Saturday we drove to Lake Worth and set up at John Prince County Park. We went to our niece, Deanna’s, where we had a nice visit with Dee, her brother, Jim, and her daughter Kristen and fiancé, Will. We always have a great time with all of them. Sorry we couldn’t make it to Will’s polo match on Sunday afternoon. Maybe next trip. On Sunday we met my childhood friend, Carol Immerfall-Fralick, ... read more