Friday, July 26, 2019

Welcome to New Mexico





The land gradually changes as you move across from Oklahoma to Texas to New Mexico, but you know when you've made it to New Mexico!





SLOW DOWN!
MY MOMY WORKS HERE





We stayed at another really nice KOA near Santa Fe our first night in New Mexico. KOA can tend to be a bit more expensive than some, but you always know what to expect. They're all interesting, clean, and run by friendly people (and they pick up your trash curbside every morning! LOL). Santa Fe KOA was no exception. https://koa.com/campgrounds/santa-fe/photos/0de778a3-19c8-4c48-a2d9-ccb512b801fa/

 



We've enjoyed being in New Mexico, camping by Heron Reservoir. This campground is a New Mexico State park. http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SPD/heronlakestatepark.html

 

...and I think I'm allergic to Junipers!

 
Larry got to enjoy his camp fire for the first night. We experienced light rain each day, which kept the temperature quite comfortable.



Situated just south of the Colorado boarder, Lake Heron has much to offer the outdoor enthusiast. We contented ourselves with a walk along the trail from our campsite to a point overlooking the lake.


 When we came to Papua New Guinea in 1996 I realized I suffer from altitude sickness. Numonohi was only 5200 feet altitude and I eventually got pretty used to it by the end of the year, but Lake Heron sits at 7800 feet. The first 3 days I struggled to breath, was light headed, headache, all that. After the 4th day I started to feel a bit better, but still couldn't quite catch my breath. I guess I'm just not made for the heights.

 Beautiful New Mexico
 

 




I'll leave you here for now... see you down the road!


3 comments:

Adah Lael said...

Neat! I like the entrance to the office area at the KOA with the chili peppers! Looks like a great camp, I'm glad dad is getting to make his fires :)

Lucy said...

It's a nice KOA, but they didn't get Verizon. To make a call you had to go to the patio as that's the only place on the grounds that would receive for some reason.

Margie said...

So New Mexico! The architecture, the rock formations, the vegetation! Brought back memories. I'd sure like to go again! Larry should enjoy visiting his birth state, so I'm glad the weather is cooperating with a cooling rain!

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