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Published: February 16th 2020
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blog 02-16-20 Bottomless Lakes State Park, NM
I can't believe it's almost a week since my last report. I have been doing a lot of driving then sight seeing so I'm tired at the end of the day.
It took 3 days in all to cross Texas. I followed rt 380 most of the way and it was an interesting 2 lane, 70 to 75 mph speed limit, straight highway traveling through small towns USA. There might be as many as 2 traffic lights through town, super wide streets and old local stone buildings dating back to early 1800s. One town had a metal smith living there and each street sign had a work of art on the corner pole with the name of the street. Picture
We stayed one night in Post, TX in a very small but lovely campground overlooking a small lake. The minus side is that the train tracks were 30 ft from the front of the camper. During the day the trains ran slowly but at night they powered through at 50 mph and the driver took great pleasure in constantly blaring his horn. After one or two times I got used to
it and slept the rest of the night.
There were lovely roadside rest along the way with historic markers telling about some of the local residents. Suddenly I noticed we were in NM with no welcome sign to note the transition. I guess they thought you would realize you were in the "Land of Enchantment".
The terrain was mostly flat then started to be rolling hills with wind mills dotting the landscape. The vegetation was mostly desert with very few small trees all with bird nests in them. Then I realized the telephone poles had rough platforms that the birds were using for nest sites. I noticed an increased population in ravens, the birds using the platforms.
A herd of pronghorn antelope could be seen now and again as could small herds of cattle, how can they survive on this "grass".
Finally reached the road to Bottomless Lakes State Park and found the campground 7 miles later. Everything is very lay-back here, no formal entrance reception area, just go to your site and park. My name was on the pole so I knew it was the right one and the site had new stone so it
was easy to get level and settle in. But don't hook up your water line because it would freeze overnight. I have a full tank of water onboard so I'm using that until it warms up.
Friday was foggy, imagine fog in the desert, so Lynne, my friend from last year, and I went into Roswell about 30 min from here to check it out and go to the visitor center. There we had our pictures taken with aliens and found out about how Pat Garret shot Billy the Kid close by.There are several museums in town, a Walmart, and lots of other stores. We'll do the town later in the week when it is supposed to be rainy weather.
Saturday we went to the bird sanctuary east of Roswell and saw lots of water birds including white pelicans, egrets, blue herons, coots, northern shoveler and a flock of sand-hill cranes circling to land. We will go back tonight Sunday, to see if bunches fly in.
We topped the day off with a nice crock-pot meal I made and margaritas that Lynne brought. Great day
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