Tuesday, November 03, 2009

SNOWBIRDS

IT'S NOT MUCH, BUT IT'S COLD!


Well it was snowing in Albuquerque so we figured we should follow the snowbirds and head south. We had a great visit with our hosts Terry and Sharon and we will return the favor when they park their RV in our yard in December.

From Albuquerque we stopped for three days at Oliver Lee State Park just south of Alamogordo, a really nice campground at the base of the Sacramento Mountains. While in the area, we spent some time at White Sands, walking and bike riding. With great weather with temperatures in the 70’s we are staying south with the next stop in Hatch, NM, the Chili Capitol of the World. Real chili lovers buy fresh or fire roasted chilies in 20 pound burlap bags, but we stuck to a couple of Chili Ristras and of course some hot green chili salsa.

Today we arrived in Sliver City, NM and plan on staying for the next couple of days. The city is an old mining town with lots of history and lots of place to explore in the area.

Here’s a couple of links if you’re interested.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lee_Memorial_State_Park

http://www.hatchchilefest.com/


Also some recent photos:

NEW MEXICO SUNSET


NEW MEXICO MOONRISE

WHITE SANDS RESIDENT

WHO NEEDS AN ATV





HATCH, NEW MEXICO


















2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like you are having a good time. We need to get to Hatch one of these day. See you in Dec.

Julie Camacho said...

Cool Photos , Dad!