From Dam to Dam! (6/5/14)

This morning, we left Navaho Lake SP and headed down the road to Abiquiu Lake Campground. (Army Corp of Engineers) Both of these sit on lakes created by dams. I was glad that once we hit route 64, the road improved. Some of the back roads make you dizzy with all the bucking! One of the amazing things about today’s drive was the amount of oil and gas activity in New Mexico. You are constantly being passed by white pickup trucks with a couple flags sticking up. I believe that this is so they can more easily be seen when they are driving the back roads. As you drive, you are constantly passing working oil wells and what must also be gas wells. It seems like between wind, solar, oil, gas, coal and hydro, we could tell the Saudi Countries that we don’t need their oil. We arrived at Riana Campground on Abiquiu Lake at around lunch time. The campground was almost empty, but as we drove around, we saw that almost every site was reserved from tonight forward. After talking to the park supervisor, we found out that there were several available slots without electric. Since we have solar, we were ok with that and found a prime site overlooking the lake. We set up the trailer and awning and then had a bite to eat. After lunch, we were sitting outside when all of a sudden; it looked like waves flowing across the lake. Well, the waves were caused by wind! Needless to say, we put up the awning. We spent much of the afternoon inside the camper reading (and enjoying the breeze from our fan) while the camper was rocking and rolling from the gusts off the lake. Hopefully the winds will die down somewhat tonight and the temperature will drop from the 90’s to the 60’s. Tomorrow, we will head over to stay with some former neighbors right outside Albuquerque for a couple days. And then, off to Texas!