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| Vintage Travel Trailer |
Thursday we tried it again. We left Caballo, NM, heading north to Albuquerque to pick up Route 40 to head west towards Gallup, where were are picking up 191 to head north to Colorado. The ride was mostly uneventful, but just as we were getting in to Albuquerque the wind started to pick up. We only have about another 15-20 miles to go to our CG, so we continue on our way. We get off Route 40 and head to the Enchanted Trails RV Park, which is on old Route 66. The CG was the normal sand and gravel lot, which is pretty normal for this area. It really seemed to be put together in a haphazard way, and the hooks up were set up that each RV pulled in in opposite directions of each other. Part of the park was set up with old, vintage RV's, it was pretty cool looking at them. That night for dinner we headed back into Albuquerque to the Monte Carlo Steak House, a restaurant that was on Dinners, Drive-ins and Dives, and we weren't disappointed, the food was fabulous. Back home a couple of walks around the park and off to bed about 10:00.
Friday was a planned short day. We were leaving Albuquerque and heading west about 100 miles to a place called Grants, NM, looking to do a sight seeing, and stayed parked for 2 nights. We pulled in about 2:00, parked then headed back to the office to get the 5 cent tour of what there is to do in the area. We planned on heading to the 'Land of Fire and Ice' which is an Ice Cave in the Bandera Volcano, but the lady here at the CG recommended a 3.5 mile hike up to the El Calderon Area. Back to the RV, scan the pamphlets we got, then off to the grocery store for supplies, back home to put them away, the off to the WOW Diner for dinner. We did a little bit of a drive up and down Old Route 66, trying to imagine what it would have been like years ago. Today there are a lot of run down buildings, hotels, bars and restaurants and signs where businesses used to be. Back home we had pie and ice cream delivered by the camp host(oh yea), early night to bed, we decided on the 3.5 mile hike tomorrow and want to head out at a decent time.
Saturday we got up fairly early and headed out about 9:30 to the El Calderon Area , which is a volcano area, with caves, lava tubes (caves made by the lava flow), the cinder cone and oh yea, rattlesnakes. We are very lucky they make a very distinctive sound, or the one we saw, would have had Rudy long before we saw him. He was crossing the trail, when Rudy stepped up the next step and he rattled. Brad yanked him back as the snake laid coiled, but within a minute or two he slithered off. We made it to the top of the hill, to the cinder cone, make a good check for snakes then sat down for a water and snack break. It was a beautiful day, about 70 degrees, sunny, but cool in the shade. After that the trek down the hill which was pretty uneventful, about .5 mile down you hit a service road for the rest of the walk, which was ok, we didn't have to be on quit the alert for snakes. That took us about 2-3 hours and we were all a little tired after that. We got back to the car Rudy jumped in his spot where he stayed until we arrived at the camper. Back home, left overs for lunch and then off to do a geocache. We got back home and decided we didn't want to cook or go out to eat, so we had a glass of wine and headed up to the office to order dinner, they have their own menu and deliver to your RV.....now that's service. We ordered the BBQ special of ribs, brisket and sausage with potatoes and green beans and split the meal. It was plenty for both of us and for a CG meal, it was very good. A couple of walks around the CG and off to bed by 9:30 for all of us.
Pictures for our hike:
Last night after looking at the weather we were trying to decide what to do, stay put or hit the road, winds are supposed to be about 20mph with 30-35 mph gusts. We pick a place to hike in case we decide to stay, but figure we will check out the updated weather in the AM. The wind was supposed to pick up about 11:00, but by 9:00 am the wind is blowing pretty good, so here we stay. Brad took me out to breakfast for mothers day. After that we headed to Wal-Mart, got paper products and a few other things we needed, then headed home to hide from the wind. Brad looked up the wind speed and we
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| Look Close you can see the shadow of the mountain through the sand. |
Diane and Brad
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