Albuquerque or bust

Headed out from our 1-star RV park this morning around 7:15 a.m.  I woke up and looked out the window hoping to see a beautiful sunrise and saw nothing but gravel and RVs packed in tightly.  No reason to hang around.  Jade was awake because Jeff decided to trim his grizzly beard at 6:00 a.m. using an electric razor.  I hear Jade bellow, "OH MY GOD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP!!! JUST USE A BRUSH!"  She thought he was using an electric toothbrush and she didn't appreciate the noise at 6 a.m.  I laughed so hard.  I told her Dada didn't want to look like a hobo on our trip!  (From now on he is doing his "grooming" at night - ha! ha!)

UFO Museum and Research Center,
Roswell, NM

Since we are in the desert, the mornings are pretty cool.  Only 66 degrees this a.m. but it soon heats up.  As we left Carlsbad, we saw all these orchards along the highway so I Googled it and it appears they are pecan groves.  We took Hwy 285 north through Roswell.
We had planned on staying there instead of Carlsbad but we called ahead and there was "no room at the inn".  Apparently, June 12-14 is the Senior Olympics and there wasn't an RV space or hotel room to be had for miles.  We didn't see any seniors as we passed through or any aliens (the green kind with antennae).  Had lunch in Vaughn which has a population of about 436 people and is pretty much a ghost town.

Miles and Miles of NOTHING!

I thought west Texas was a long, boring drive.  Well, try US 285 through New Mexico. It's miles and miles of desert, and cows sprinkled here and there.  We did see some antelope but they looked really pathetic.  The drought here appears worse than in Texas.  When we got to the KOA in Albuquerque even the hummingbirds were drinking from the pool!!!!  Probably the only source of water for miles and miles.  It got to 107 on our RV thermometer.  The official temperature was around 102.  We are really looking forward to getting to somewhere where the highs are only in the 80s.  Maybe Idaho??

Jeff is happy tonight.  The channels all work and he can watch the Spurs.  Hoping the wind dies down and stays that way.  He had white knuckles on the drive into Albuquerque trying to keep us on the road with a 23 mph breeze hitting us sideways.  Looking for cooler temperatures and a lake we can camp beside tomorrow.