Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Back in New Mexico

 I left the Indian Bread BLM Recreation Area at 8 AM today, and by 10 AM had dumped tanks, taken on water and filled up on propane at the Mountain View RV Park near Bowie, AZ.  

By 1:30 PM, I was pulling into my favorite BLM spot on Monticello Point Road, just north of the City of Elephant Butte, NM.  I only saw two other rigs, and they were very far from my preferred spot so all good.



The rest of the windy afternoon was spent setting up camp and doing a trash pickup round or three.  Not much trash in the campsite itself but I ranged further out and found plenty.  Sigh.

There's a wind advisory on till 11 AM tomorrow so I its just as well that tomorrow morning is planned for some repair work on the Sammy and picking up groceries at the Walmart in Truth or Consequences.

Mike W., Samurai Guru who puts up with my sometimes incessant questions, is going to supervise my replacing the O-Ring on the Sammy's distributor where it mates to the engine.  It's a known oil leak point and should not take me too long to do.  Mike is there to ensure I don't mess things up and cause issues with the timing.

Sunset was promising but the high winds ended up occluding the main sunset point.  The alpenglow to the south though was not bad:



2 comments:

SonjaM said...

It never ceases to amaze me how people who seem to love the outdoors (because they camp in the middle of nowhere) leave their trash all over the place. I often find similar remains when I am hiking. Double thumbs up to you that you volunteer to clean up after these bastards.

redlegsrides said...

Thanks SonjaM. I'm finding that most of the time, given a chance, most people will disappoint.