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!
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