We left Bluewater Lake State park this morning around 0830. We followed RT 66 as best we could, but a lot of the road is gone and we were forced to do some interstate driving on I40. We took a detour south of Albuquerque, NM and then blew through the city. It has gotten really big and the traffic sucked. We stopped at Lisa's Truck Center just east of Moriarty, NM. We got gas and had a really good mexican takeout from the diner there. We new it would be good as the joint was loaded with truckers.
Next stop was Clines Corners Travel Center, Yacht Club Drive, Clines Corners, NM. Yacht Club Drive is an old joke. This place is in the middle of the desert. It is reputed to have the largest gift shop in the area. I didn't go in, but Cath said it was nothing special.
Down the road a little farther we stopped at Bowlin's Flying C Ranch Moriarty, NM. Just another tourist joint and gas station, but we got this pic there. It's amazing what you see on RT 66.
Arrived at our campground, Santa Rosa Lake State Park, just north of Santa Rosa. CTC count today was 118, we thought we'd see more. It was hot, 95 deg, but we have 50 amp service here so we can run both ACs. It cooled the camper down quick. No fires or charcoal grills are allowed as the fire danger here is HIGH.
Here's a pic of the campsite.
Here's the view of the lake from the camper.
We will do some exploring tomorrow. Right now it's toddy time.
The heat!!! Okay in Flag the house got swamped with rain again :) not complaining it has been really nice to get the monsoon rain. I am sitting on the porch watch the sheet lightening in the distance. Poor Kaylee would be hiding in her bed :)
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