Carlsbad Caverns I’m not a big fan of the over-developed National Parks tourist attractions, so while I wanted to see caverns, I also didn’t want a circus like is at the Grand Canyon South Rim, for example. When I pulled into the Carlsbad parking lot, I immediately wanted to turn around and leave. It was Christmas Eve day and I mistakenly assumed most folks would be happily baking Christmas pecan pie for the Eve dinner. I was horribly mistaken. The…
December 21, 2016 Datil Well Campground, NM When I set up yesterday, it was lovely. I took Argos for a little walk and discovered that we had the campground all to ourselves. It started raining last night and didn’t stop. I wrote this morning. It’s raining. I’m not good at sitting and just “doing nothing” so perhaps this is good for me. I do wish I had connectivity though so that I could check the forecast and find out how…
Sunday, December 18, 2016 Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona It reminded me a lot of Goblin Valley in Utah. Neat! I rolled a 5 = go to the nearest border. That’s New Mexico tomorrow! Monday, December 19, 2016 I’m afraid of heights, so every time I come across a name or a map of “something Pass” I get nervous. But I keep going over them anyway. Learning my truck’s low gears and giving myself permission to be the slowest person on…
I left Tucson on Saturday, visited a friend in Parker Canyon Lake, then headed up over scary Montezuma Pass to Bisbee to visit another friend, and a tour of The Great US/Mexico Wall before I left to head to Chiricahua National Monument. Unfortunately, I didn’t get any photos of Parker Canyon Lake. My friend and I took Argos and her doggie on a nice little walk part-way around. It was a good, albeit short, visit then I was on my…
A few excellent things happened the past couple of days: I downloaded the photos off my camera including some images of the beautiful full moon my first night in Tucson I got to visit with some dear old friends, one of whom was performing past night. I got to help my wonderful hosts decorate for a very Southwestern Christmas they also fed me amazing tacos with fish they caught in Mexico, and the Endodontist said I’m good to go! He…
Well, so far I have done one night of campering since I left on Monday. Granted, it’s only Wednesday, but I’m holed up at a friends house in Tucson with a tooth issue. It’s too bad this didn’t happen two and a half weeks ago while I still had insurance, but it’s great that this happened now instead of in a week when I’d be middle of nowhere southern New Mexico! I loaded pics from my phone, but have yet…