Day 17 & 18

 We traveled to Santa Fe and are staying at the Los Suenos RV Park.

Traveled 340 km    Gas  $2.35 per gal.

Up at 4am to see what is called the Mass Ascension at the Albuquerque Balloon Festival. We took the Park and Ride as the road into the Park had over 2 miles of vehicles each direction trying to reach the parking lots. We watched balloons from the initial layout on the ground to the filling of hot air to ascension.  The number of balloons and people was incredible as you can see from the following pics.

  

Some favorite character ones!!

 Sandra kept saying how the colored ones reminder her of quilt patterns.

A beautiful quilt depicting the festival was being raffled.

Well worth the visit.

We spent the afternoon back in Santa Fe walking some of the main streets enjoying the architecture, local art and even some local characters.

Day 16

Early morning 2 mile hike along a great trail that had 14 informational posts.

 One of the posts was to watch for the rattlesnakes. Soon after this one was on the trail and we had to wait for it to move off.

What would a visit to Roswell NM be without a visit to the UFO Museum. This museum exhibited information on the Roswell Incident and other UFO research.

Days 14 & 15

Day 14

Traveled to Bercknbridge.
We stopped at Sulphur Springs to see their unique Courthouse Square.
Here you will find public washrooms with two way mirrors. Kevin has tried to capture the experience.
The washroom is totally mirrored on the outside. here is a shot with the door open

 Then once you step inside and shut the door here is your view. Some may find this washroom a challenge to use!!!!

In Breckenbridge we ate a recommended place called Ernie's Spanish Kitchen. Excellent authentic food.
Traveled 450km   Gas  $1.86                        Reached 34C

Early morning start and once through the Dallas/Fort Worth area it began to look like the Texas we imagined.  Dry looking with small brush. Saw our first native cactus. Very surprised to see the amount of cotton that is grown in this area at times there was cotton as far as the eye could see.

Enjoyed a break and some shopping at an outlet mall and decided to continue on to reach Roswell NM. Bottomless Lakes State Park is in the northern part of the Chihuahuan Desert. All

new terrain for us to be camping in.  Here is the sunset. 

Traveled 601 km  Gas  $1.89 and $2.00

Day 12 & 13

  We traveled to Daingerfield State Park in Texas.

We saw our first Longhorn cattle. Great park with a waterfront site.
Traveled 253 km.  Gas  $1.86 per gallon

Early morning 3 mile hike around the lake.

 You can take the girl out of her quilting studio but you cannot take the quilting out of the girl.

Day 11

Found out that the park closed their laundry room nearly a year ago.  I will write a review on trip adviser about this as it is still on their maps and website.  So a trip into a small town called Bismarck to attend to the laundry.  Kevin cycled 27 km around the park. Another very warm day here in the 30's C. A short walk along the lake shore in front of our site and enjoyed the view.

Day 10

We started golf at 7:30 am in an effort to beat the heat. Reaching in the low 30'sC these last few days. Once again DeGray State Park Golf course has challenging raised tee blocks and greens.

We have a fabulous large campsite here

 

This is the view

After supper we sat and watched three deer wonder along the lake edge.

Day 9

This is our first time in Arkansas and found tree lined highways and many crop farms similar to home. DeGray State Park is on a large lake.

Traveled 340km    Gas $2.20 gal