Gypsy under a Blue Moon
We made it…we made it…we made it! It took us 11 hours from Austin. Vannie and Dave hopped out of bed this
morning like a couple of young chicks.
They had one thing on their minds and that was to head west. They talked
about getting as far as Fort Stockton, TX, but when they got there and were
making such good time, they decided to keep on going. The next place that was calling their names
was Carlsbad, NM. They had never been
down in the caverns there, so they said, “Why not?”
V and D were so good to me all the way. They would stop and let my tires cool off
about every two hours. David gave me a
good scrubbing the night before we left.
Boy, I felt like a million dollars after that…and looked like a million,
too. The trip was really nice. Once we got onto I10 the traffic was not bad
at all. We thought it would be much
worse because of the Labor Day Weekend.
At 4:30 (3:30 NM time), we all arrived at the Carlsbad RV
Campground. After Dave unhooked me from
my BFF (Ford 150) and plugged all my plugs in, I was settled in for a nice
rest. I was hot and tired and ready to
just chill. I assumed V and D would do
the same…NOT! Vannie found this local travel magazine with
information about a concert and hike at the Living Desert Zoo & Gardens
State Park. The celebration was in honor
of the “blue moon”. So they rested a nano second and were off to the
races. I was so-o-o-o glad they left me
behind. My behind was dragging…so to
speak!
The state park must have been a huge hit. They couldn’t stop talking about it even when
they got back to me. I was snoozing, but
heard things like…animals/plants in natural habitats, wolves, snakes, bald
eagle, elk, cactus, hike in dark, full moon, telescope, concert, musician Tadd
Williams, awesome.
