City of Rocks has lots of hiking/biking trails, and some truly unusual rock formations which give it the name. The most sought-after spots are up in among the rock formations. I was content with that was available, which had the advantage of electric and water service. I made a new friend...
This little purple finch was fascinated by the passenger-side mirror, and spent a lot of time trying to make contact with his image in the mirror:
You may have to look carefully to see him plastered up against the glass. He was relentless!
Elephant Butte Lake is big, and the state park is, I think, New Mexico's biggest. It gets very heavy use in the summer as a boating location.
I decided to go home to Tucson in one day, which is a longer drive than I usually plan. New Mexico in the spring is a windy place, and there were some white-knuckle moments along I-10 as I headed west. I later learned that ADOT closed the road for a stretch, just behind me. Got back in pretty good time, all things considered.
This was intended as much as anything as a shakedown cruise, and I've spent time since getting back dealing with some issues: I figured out what was wrong with the rear-view camera --
You get bonus points if you know what this little connector is called. I spent hours on line trying to find it, and then gave up and did it the old-fashioned way: I went and asked the guys SoundFX here in Tucson what it was called. They had one in stock. $4. Bingo!
I also needed to replace the plastic shelf brackets in the little pantry area, which had been failing for a while, and this trip seems to have taken them over the top. This is what they look like:
Not sure when the next trip will be, but it will surely head north into the Idaho and Montana country I enjoyed so much last year. Anyone ever visit Flathead Lake in MT?
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