Hi all

We moved to the mountains in New Mexico. A great campground on the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area. 

Got to love the Federal Lands as the camping fee here is $0. The main attraction here, which is closed to the public to protect the bats, is the cave. It is the 2nd longest cave in NM with over 42 miles mapped. The entrance is Fenced and locked and not very impressive. Nothing like the entrance to Carlsbad Caverns, the longest in NM, or at least not as big.

Views are wonderful and being the only ones in the campground makes for lots of quiet. The Boyz don't get distracted and only make things up to bark. Temps when arriving were near 90 and the weather changed. Only going to be in the upper 50's for the remainder of our visit.

Today we went to Ruidoso, NM. An upscale, not very discovered, ski and tourist area. The area has lots of high end homes and a main street filled with shops. The only ones we went to were thrift stores, a flea market and a winery. The winery had some of the best wines we have sampled this trip. They do know what they want for them and it makes diesel fuel look cheap. 

The 30 minute drive over was very scenic even though it was a cloudy, dreary day. About mid afternoon the winds hit and supposed to be gusting into the 60mph range. A lot of dust ended up in the air hampering the views on the way back to camp. We took the back road in, one lane mostly graded, rough, scenic trail, for lack of a better term. We knew the winds were coming and had parked in a fairly protected spot, so having little effect on the RV. Pulled out the generator so Millie could iron some fabric. Dang thing has less than 100 hours and seems to have a carburetor problem with surging. May try to address that tomorrow, if unable to fix, I'll have to find someone to repair when home.

Last full day on the Fort Stanton-Snowy river Cave NCA. Mostly cloudy, high of 56℉, windy and a very occasional shower (sprinkle). Millie did a bunch of sewing, I worked on the generator (with no success) and we went for a nearly 3 mile hike. 

Really? Stage Coach, how old is this sign?

Pretty good for an old flat lander and at 6000+ feet. Beautiful area and so quiet, other than the wind. Supper will be cleaning out the left overs in the fridge and then, after dark, some DVR time. Tomorrow we start the northward leg and hoping for continued good weather with less wind.

Make your day great

Tom and Millie