After Fort Stockton we carried on to the Mission RV Park in El Paso. We tried to stay at the Hueco Tanks State Park in Texas but it was closed for a couple of weeks so that's why we carried on to El Paso. We were disappointed as we wanted to stay at Hueco Tanks for a few days but it was not to be. We had stayed at the Mission park last year and weren’t that impressed so we only stayed one night.
Fortunately, we decided to carry on the next day, Friday, to Silver City NM and stay at the Rose Valley Ranch RV Park. We loved it and decided to stay a week. By this time, I had not been feeling up to par and so was looking forward to a quiet time. The next day we woke up to thunder storms - an outflow of Hurricane Norbert. There was a Fall Festival being held in a nearby town called Mimbres so we drove over there to savour the local ambiance. It was quite interesting with many booths set up with local crafts for sale. There were several food booths and also a free flu shot booth. When we inquired about getting flu shots, they said sure go ahead, they didn’t care that we were Canadians and so we got our flu shots for free. What a deal! We wandered around and listened to some local music and a woman telling tales about her great great grandparents settling in that area. It was really interesting. We then tried some Filipino food and some homemade pie from a couple of the booths. It was great. By then the weather was blowing in some pretty wicked looking clouds again so we went into the school where more of this event was held. Inside there was a health fair going on so we got our BP taken, our blood tested and several other tests done. Everything looked pretty good except we are both overweight, especially me. Must do something serious about that. It’s a wakeup call. We returned via winding mountain roads thru the Gila National Forest and went by the historic town of Pinos Altos - 125 Kms.
Sunday and Monday we just puttered around the campsite as I really didn’t feel very good. Terry got all our pictures up to date and fixed some items that needed fixing. I did some sewing and generally took things easy.
Fortunately, we decided to carry on the next day, Friday, to Silver City NM and stay at the Rose Valley Ranch RV Park. We loved it and decided to stay a week. By this time, I had not been feeling up to par and so was looking forward to a quiet time. The next day we woke up to thunder storms - an outflow of Hurricane Norbert. There was a Fall Festival being held in a nearby town called Mimbres so we drove over there to savour the local ambiance. It was quite interesting with many booths set up with local crafts for sale. There were several food booths and also a free flu shot booth. When we inquired about getting flu shots, they said sure go ahead, they didn’t care that we were Canadians and so we got our flu shots for free. What a deal! We wandered around and listened to some local music and a woman telling tales about her great great grandparents settling in that area. It was really interesting. We then tried some Filipino food and some homemade pie from a couple of the booths. It was great. By then the weather was blowing in some pretty wicked looking clouds again so we went into the school where more of this event was held. Inside there was a health fair going on so we got our BP taken, our blood tested and several other tests done. Everything looked pretty good except we are both overweight, especially me. Must do something serious about that. It’s a wakeup call. We returned via winding mountain roads thru the Gila National Forest and went by the historic town of Pinos Altos - 125 Kms.
Sunday and Monday we just puttered around the campsite as I really didn’t feel very good. Terry got all our pictures up to date and fixed some items that needed fixing. I did some sewing and generally took things easy.
On Tuesday I was feeling a little better so we decided to drive to the City of Rocks, a very unusual sight to see. All these huge rocks poking out of the ground just like a city of high rises. We drove around the different rock formations amongst which are lovely campsites, tucked in interesting nooks and crannies. Very unusual. Terry wanted to hike further afield so I stayed at one of the campsites with the truck and just sat in the sun and knitted and read. It was so peaceful.
Wednesday was another bad day for me. I just feel so crappy with nausea and general weakness. Not a nice feeling.
Thursday being our last day, we wanted to get to the Gila Cliff Dwellings which this area is so famous for. There are 42 rooms built inside several natural caves that were used by the Mogollon peoples for only about 30 years from 1276 to approx. 1300. We packed our lunch and drove the two hours to get there. Beautiful scenery and quite a long windy road that takes you along ridges of mountains looking down both sides at the same time. We got there about 12:30 and decided to do the hike to the cliffs before lunch. It is only 1 mile long but I had some difficulty between not feeling too good and the high altitude of around 7500 ft. I think the altitude is part of my problem of not feeling well as I’ve had this problem before. I did make it though and as usual it was definitely worth the effort of getting there. When we got back we had a picnic lunch and then drove to the Visitor Centre. We got back home around 6 and had a BBQ dinner and I did some laundry.
The next morning we drove to Tucson and registered at the Beaudry RV Resort for the next 10 days until we leave for Mexico on Oct. 26th. What a beautiful place! We are parked about 20 ft from a pool and spa plus laundry and showers. On one side of our site we have a lime tree dripping in limes and on the other side we have an orange tree also loaded but not ripe yet. Can't wait to hit the pool. I definitely feel much better now.
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