Today was another travel day on our now-accelerated trip back to our house in San Diego. We were originally going to travel west paralleling I-40 but the weather is currently crummy with low temperatures, ice and snow. We have taken a safer alternate route by dropping south through New Mexico. We left Truth or Consequences this morning headed south on I-25 until we came to Hatch where we turned off the interstate and took NM-26 all the way to Deming, NM.
The first 50 miles of the drive passes across many canyons and much uphill and downhill driving was required. Not too far southwest of Hatch the road flattens out and runs down the wide valley between stunning mountains on both sides. Lotsa snow in those hills. Recent rains have energized the plants in these wide open spaces and everyplace it is possible for plants to live is emerald green. Flowers of many colors cover entire mesas. The drive from T or C to Deming was very scenic.
We checked into the Rancho Lobo RV Park about 10 miles from Deming. We were here in January and not much has changed. Full hookups, frail wifi, inexpensive. Everything we need for a one-night stay. We didn’t even disconnect the Barbarian Invader from Charlotte’s fifth wheel hitch because we won’t be leaving the park before we depart for Tucson tomorrow.
There are colorful cactus wrens and large roadrunners lurking about the RV park. There are also some big, healthy-looking hawks and fat bunnies fiddling about. The vistas are very long and the horizons are dotted with substantial mountains. This would be a good place to sit on a windless, warm day and smoke a joint. Ooops! Did I write that?
There are some pix. Click here