The rain stopped and we got off and running before 9 am. The skies had cleared and it was a nice day. We were headed into New Mexico. We were surrounded by the Rockies, but have decided that the Grand Tetons were more beautiful and majestic.
Sign spotted on I-25......High winds may exist. They weren't kidding.....it was just like being in Wyoming.
Today I miss the roads in Arizona and southern Utah. They weren't major highways and you were able to pull over and take pictures. There were small shacks with lack of a better word that Native Americans sold their handicrafts. You could easily stop and buy something to drink or stretch your legs.
Our favorite places to date: Monument Vslley and West Yellowstone.
We went over the Raton Pass at 7834ft. It felt like an ant hill considering what we have climbed! We went over less mountains, but we were still surrounded by them. There were also less trees. There was still a lot of open space with ranches.
Sign of the day: attention: please do not pick up hitchhikers in this area. Thank you......as if we need to be told! Farther into the state we saw the same sign only it added that this is a state penitentiary.
The only trees now were in the mountains and they were getting farther and fsrther away.
We stopped in Ocate, NM to have lunch in a rest area. Our view was open range and grazing cattle. Along the way we've seen a lot of pronghorns.
Our planned stop was in Raton, but because we weren't traveling as much in the mountains, Nick decided we'd go on. We traveled about a hundred miles down the road, and the sky started to get heavy with rain clouds, so we decided to stop. We picked Las Vegas,NM. I had taken a glimpse of the city's website when I was planning the trip and thought it had a bit of history and would make an interesting stop. Much to our chagrin, we stopped for the night at a KOA. I don't know how to describe it.....it was old and obviously had history. Sites were on different levels of ground and there was some ground cover. The oddest part of this park was the tent sites. They were at the EDGE of the road! It was a fairly busy road too! The best part was, we had a fire ring and we had fire wood from Colorado Springs. We took a walk, started to get ready to light a fire and here it comes......the rain!
Pet peeve.......why can't we find any decent radio stations! We were hoping to listen to some old country at some point. We found one station on AM and it only lasted for a little while. Missing my Sirius radio a little today.
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