Today was a travel day. We will miss the beauty of the Santa Fe area although we will not miss the businesses since the only place we really liked was Michael’s restaurant and it was in Taos. We got a pretty early start, for us, and headed west on I-25 and then turned south on US-285 through northern New Mexico. It is a very pretty drive but anybody taking this route should make sure their vehicle’s cooling system is hunky-dory because there is quite a bit of up-and-down and most of the road is at elevations over 6000′.
US-285 intersects I-40 where we turned west to Tijeras near Albuquerque, a city with a name requiring considerable spelling acumen. We pulled into our campground, RPI-affiliated Hidden Valley RV Mountain Resort, and set up our beloved Barbarian Invader in space 72. As usual, our timing was impeccable because they closed the pool yesterday. There also does not seem to be any “valley” here because we are perched on the side of a hill. The space is narrow but the scenery is good. No wi-fi or cable TV although we do have phone reception and internet access through our dreadful phone service provider. The campground is about 14 miles east and 1000 feet above Albuquerque, pretty close to I-40 and the views out our ample trailer windows are good.
We must have been pooped from our considerable lack of activity today because we both took long, luscious naps after we set up our traveling home. It was wonderful.