Truth Or Consequences and Elephante Butte Dam

June 30, 2008 on 7:49 am | In New Mexico, Travel | No Comments

We spent last night in our van by Elephante Butte State Park near Truth Or Consequences, NM.  The star gazing was excellent, and we could clearly see the Milky Way because there were hardly any lights around.  The exception being the lights near the park’s bathroom, which served as a magnet for all the bugs, beatles, and other creepy crawly things of the area.

This morning I went for a walk along the Rio Grande, reading some of the informational signs that were on the path in English and Spanish-about snakes, measuring the river’s depth and other such things.

We drove a short distance from the park to see the Elephante Butte Dam and Power Plant and learned that the dam can hold more than 2 million acre feet of water.  It’s 1,674 feet long and 301 feet high-rather an impressive site!  We pulled off the road and walked around to see it from different angles.  As part of the Rio Grande Project, the dam helps provide power and irrigation to Western Texas and south central New Mexico.

Santa Fe

October 29, 2007 on 10:11 pm | In New Mexico, Travel | No Comments

Steve took us on a great tour through the windy streets of Santa Fe.  A colorful place, and full of street vendors and performers. We walked through a church with a “floating” staircase, but we couldn’t walk on it.

We’re spending one more night in their lovely RV.  Our cats are starting to miss us.  Ox was so cute and soft-it’s been quite a while since he’s had to grow a winter coat.  He’ll need it, we’re heading to Minnesota next.

White Rock, New Mexico

October 28, 2007 on 9:11 pm | In New Mexico, Travel | No Comments

Hello from White Rock, New Mexico where we get to spend the night in a family friend’s RV for the night.  It’s quite lovely-so this is what it’d be like to be traveling in luxury..sofa, bed, table, bathroom, kitchen….all of the pleasure’s of home.  Maybe someday eh?

Meanwhile, we had a great apple filled afternoon.  Julie made fresh pressed apple juice, it was the most delicious apple juice I’ve ever tasted, and the fun didn’t stop there-we had 2 different kinds of apple sauce (it tastes different depending on which tree it comes from), and fresh homemade apple pie.  We picked apples off the ground and saved them to feed some horses later.

We met some mini-goats and tried unpasteurized goats milk for the first time.

Steve took us to see the beautiful Overlook in White Rock.  The view was spectacular.