Yesterday and today we have had some reactions from fellow campers. They are fascinated by us putting up and taking down the camper. Quite interesting watching their reactions and answering their questions. They all say they have never seen anything like it.
BTW: we are now in the Pacific time zone.
April 8, 2014
Packed and headed out again this morning. To Springer, NM and then down I 25 to Las Vegas NM. 83 miles to Springer on two lanes at 65. Nice road. Extremely low traffic.
Stopped at a place called Gladstone Mercantile about 50 miles from Clayton for a bathroom break. Interesting little place. The owner and a local were the only people there. I was quite surprised when the local said, "I've seen you somewhere before". I had no idea but when he asked where we had eaten dinner the night before. It was at the Wildhorse Grill and Restaurant in Clayton. He said he was eating there when we came in. I best not take up a life of crime. I'm too recognizable.
He and I had a pleasant talk about the wind and the tumble weeds. He said the wind blew a lot of dirt around and was bad where he worked at the "stock pens". He also said the tumbleweeds were an even worse problem when grass fires got going. They catch on fire and spread the fires quickly.
Ended up here in Villanueva State Park along the Pecos River. Not much here except a couple of trails that are to steep and dangerous for us.
April 7, 2014
Drove from Black Mesa SP to Clayton New Mexico. Only about 70 miles. In 50 miles we saw 3 other vehicles. Two Lane, 65 mph. Thru Kiowa Grass Plains. Lots of large ranches. Few communities.
We have seen news reports of the tumbleweed problems out here. We haven't seen where people were trapped in their houses but we have seen some sights to talk about. Most fences are covered, one place they were banked up against some cottonwoods to the very top. A good 25 to 30 feet. We got a couple pictures of them.
We needed to do laundry so I dropped Joyce off in town at a laundromat while I went to Clayton Lake State Park to set up camp. Forgot to mention that wind was at least 20 to 25 mph(sustained) and temp only in low 50's. It was cold. Nice campground whose main attraction was a lake and fossil dinosaur tracks. There were lots of them from 8 different types. They were discovered after the dam was built and during high water the silt and dirt was washed away in the spillway exposing then.
Went back to town and picked up Joyce. Went and had lunch and returned to camp. On the way out of town 100s of tumble weeds were blowing down the street at us. Quite a sight. On the way to camp we saw several pronghorn antelope. Joyce was very happy.
We walked over to where the Dino tracks were. They built a boardwalk around them and had lots of signage on what kind they were.
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