Lots of Driving

4/27, SaturdayDriving day. We stopped and visited a recreation of Stonehenge at University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Nothing much else happened this day. We stayed at Cowboy Country RV Park – a quaint little RV place off the beaten path. 4/28, SundayToday we drove across Texas to Ennis to (hopefully) see the blooming…

The Border, White Sands, Guadalupe & Carlsbad

4/25, ThursdayWe went to Prehistoric Trackways National Monument and discovered it was a BLM managed location with lots of OTV trails and just too rough for us, so we decided to leave without exploring. Next we drove to El Paso to replace the camera battery charger that had stopped working. While in El Paso we…

Bosque del Apache – Spring

4/23, Tuesday We had a lazy morning, then drove to Bosque del Apache NWR to “hunt” for birds and such. We saw Western Kingbird, Earred Grebe, Western Grebe, White-Crowned Sparrow, Canada Goose, Black Duck, Coots, Glossy Ibis, Rudy Ducks, Snowy Egrets, White Heron, Mallards, Cormorants, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, flycatchers, Shovelers, Gamble Quail, Black-Throated…

Easter in the Desert

4/21, Easter SundayI cooked up mushrooms & eggs with a pear for me and made a pseudo-McMuffin with a banana for Alan. We then drove through the upper area of the Sonoran Desert National Monument park. After that we drove to Casa Grande National Monument, a First Peoples significant historic site. We saw a Great…

ET & the Desert

4/18, Thursday On our drive south through Nevada we saw 2 bighorn sheep running down a rocky slope right next to the road, how exciting! For a brief moment we weren’t sure they wouldn’t dash onto the road. Later, we had a very pleasant picnic lunch at a rest stop in the middle of the…

Wild West

Got off to a nice early start this morning, stopping for bagels and then heading on toward Reno and Virginia City. The drive along Hwy. 95 was so pretty. The rolling hills/mountains were green and the mountains were snow-capped. The wind was very treacherous, however, when nearing the campground at Washtoe Lake. There was even…