We hooked Charlotte to the Invader and pulled out of Storrie Lake SP and headed for I-25 south towards Santa Fe, NM. Our Garmin must be a learning computer because she took us on the newest of three ways to cross between Storrie Lake and I-25. We stupidly followed the directions given by the foul, vindictive device and were rewarded with a cruise through all the streets of Las Vegas that have bumps, potholes and red lights.
There are loads of uphill pulls and downhill runs on I-25 as you slowly climb from about 6100′ to 7200′ elevation in Santa Fe. We pulled off the interstate and checked into Rancheros de Santa Fe Campground. We have no discounts available to us here so it costs around $40 a night but they have cable TV and wi-fi. They also had the largest ad of all the local campgrounds in the Good Sam directory which means absolutely nothing.
We asked Mary at the desk where she would suggest for good Mexican food and ended up at a place called La Plancha de Eldorado close-by. Peggy and I were both ready for some great Mexican food because of unavailability in the locales we have passed through in the last six months. Regrettably, the food at this place was utterly disappointing but the service was good. We both had enchiladas, mine beef and Peg’s chicken. The almost microscopic beef component of my enchiladas seemed to consist of tiny cubic pieces of overcooked rubber augmented by two flat flour tortillas afloat in a sea of mild green chile sauce. Peggy had similar complaints about her chicken enchiladas. Peggy said she could easily find the chicken in her enchilada because it was the hard pieces while the other components were gooey. We agreed the rice had something red and slightly flavored covering it and the refried beans were uninspiring. They apparently do not serve chips when they give you beans as a side dish here which is unfortunate since the beans could use a borrowed taste from almost anything, including fried tortillas. While we always appreciate good service, lousy food has a tendency to reduce repeat customers and we will not be going back.
Today we were fortunate to travel in spectacular country with very agreeable weather but the skies are now starting to darken and we can occasionally hear the distinctive racket made when precipitation his the thin fiberglass shell of our travelling home. The skies here in Santa Fe are delightful to look at but right now they are making some ominous rumbling noises. Only tornadoes frighten me in this part of the world. Do they have tornadoes here? I may just be paranoid.