White Sands, NM

After Sun Spot we drove to White Sands, NM.  It took a little over an hour.  The temperature went from 53F at Sun Spot to 82F at White Sands.  It was a good thing I layered my clothing that morning.

On our way to White Sands we had to pass thru this tunnel.

The first picture is part way into White Sands where some plants are around.  A little farther in the pavement quit and the sand is graded to create roadways.

At the farthest point into White Sands, all you can see is white sand.  Amazing to see.

Sun Spot, NM

After Timberon, we went to Sun Spot, NM at 9200 ft elevation.  It is not a community but rather a research center that studies the sun.  Here is one of the telescopes called the Tower.  There is 132 feet above ground and 228 feet below ground. 

From the lookout at Sun Spot we could see White Sands, NM.

We had our picnic lunch outside at the visitor’s center.  The temperature at that time, 12:30 pm, was 56F.

Timberon, NM

Monday, Sept 23rd we headed for Timberon via the back way.  The road got narrow and rough in places.  I didn‘t think to take pictures of the places where trees had fallen across the road and only the center removed to make the road passable.  Below are a couple of pictures along the way to Timberon.

We own a 1 acre lot at Timberon.  We went to see the development and to take pictures of our lot.  It is really a pretty lot.   There are several neighbors with permanent houses around our lot.

If you have an emergency and since there is not cell phone service, you must go to the public phone booth!
  When was the last time you saw one of these?

Deer Spring RV Park

After 9 hrs driving, we arrived at Deer Spring RV Park in Mayhill, NM about 3:30 pm MT.  Beautiful with lots of trees.  However the trees made it hard to park. But once we were parked, the shade was nice.  There was even a stream at the back of the property.  Most people had already left for the season.  This park has 60 spaces and is only open from April 1 - Oct 31.  Cost is $25/night for full hook ups with either 30amp or 50amp. Be sure to call to make sure they have room.  www.deerspringrvpark.net  
 

 Many refugees from Texas come here to escape the heat.

Tres Rios, July 4th Weekend

Back to Tres Rios in Glen Rose, TX for the 4th of July

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Tres Rios stands for 3 rivers.  Squaw Creek is one, Brazos river and Paluxy river is the 3rd.  The big river on the lower left is the Brazos.  Squaw Creek is in the April blog and I did not get a picture of the Paluxy.

One day we went into Glen Rose and took the “River Walk” along the Paluxy.

Pretty entrance with paved sidewalks.

 

Can you see the viewing deck in the center of the picture?

The river walk ends at a small dam at the “Big Rocks” park.

 

 

Here are the Big Rocks.

A different part of the park had a short historic walk.  Here is the original Lanham Mill Schoolhouse.

 

On to the Wheeler-Epps-McMahon house which was moved to this park.

I missed getting the name on this house.  It was larger and and from the early 1900’s.

Then there was CPL Rhett Butler’s memorial.

The temperatures were in the 100’s the whole weekend, so our walks were in the LATE evenings.  We did make it to the pool a couple of times, but did not take any pictures. 

Family Motor Coach Assoc Rally in Gillette, WY

We made this a 3 day drive.  Our first night we spent in Liberal, KS.  We found a memorial to Dorothy and the Wizard of OZ.

Dusty standing next to statue of Dorothy                         The yellow brick road                                                               The princess

       Scarecrow                                                                                     Tin Man                                                                                           Wicked Witch

     Lion                                                                                               Wizard of OZ                                                                                 All pretty chinchy.  Oh well, now we can say we have been there.

Below is the road to Tic’s sister’s ranch near Newcastle, WY

Then we had to turn onto a gravel road and go approximately 6 miles to the turn.  See below.

After turnng onto Hutt Rd it is another 3 miles.  Below is her house from a distance.

This is the beautiful sunset from her back porch.  One of the larger stock tanks is in the picture.

We arrived at Gillette, WY along with 2600+ other coaches.  See below.  As you can see we were crammed in like sardines.  We had full service with all hookups.  Not everyone did.

This was the last evening there and the rain storm as it was blowing in.

We attended lots of seminars and learned a lot about our coach and maintaining for it.  We drove back in 2 1/2 days.  Great trip.

Lake Whitney, TX

This Memorial Day weekend, we are meeting Dusty’s brother & family at Lake Whitney State Park, TX.  We are in a section of the park with 30+ drive thru sites all with full hook-up and your choice of 30amp or 50amp.  We arrived 3:30pm on Friday and were the first in this area.

Dusty’s brother and family arrived about 2 hrs later.

These are the 5 kids they had at the time.  They now have 2 more.  Dusty’s brother  and his wife are very gifted at loving and nurturing children.  They are a blessing to all these children.

Above are pictures of the flowers and wild life we saw on some of our hikes.

We drove around to the other side of the lake across the dam.  Here are views from there.  We cannot even see our campground.

We had a fun weekend spending time with the family.