YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN NEW MEXICO WHEN....

Well, Folks, we made it to our destination....Questa, NM.  After our "plan B" episode, everything else went great.  We stayed overnight in Hillsboro, TX at NTAC (North Texas Airstream Community)...stayed overnight in Amarillo, Tx at the Texas Travel Center on I40, exit 72 (This is a free spot with night security.), then on into Questa.  Arrived Wednesday around 5:00 (NM time).  So glad to be here.  First night temp was 28 degrees at night and about 65 during the day.  It has warmed up a little since then.  Today (Saturday) was around 38 at night and around 70 during the day.  Vannie and Dave started their jobs Thursday in Red River (about ...just half days at first, so that they can get trained.  It is going to include office work and light housekeeping.  Making some extra traveling money!  Those gas pumps can suck up the $$$'s real fast. When they are pulling me, the pumps slurp it up even faster...and most of the time, I'm hangin' on!

New Mexico is a very special place for Vannie and Dave, so they put together this collection of pictures for those of you that haven't ever been here...

YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN NEW MEXICO WHEN....

You see this big yellow sign...

Everything starts to look brown...AND...looks like a Georgia O'Keefe painting...

 

The bridges are even objects of art...

 

The wildflowers grow right out of the dirt...

 

Every which way you look, there is sky...(this goes for west Texas, too)

 

Even the IHOP is adobe...

 

That NM sky...sooooo blue...

 

 

You can sit right down by the Rio Grande River and chill...

 

The cow crossing signs have flying saucers...

Old trucks are a status symbol...

 

These are just a few "you know you are in New Mexico when...".  There are many more, but this will give you a little taste.

 

I am enjoying my spot at Gloria Gonzales' RV campground in Questa, while V and D go off to work.  I haven't seen my friend, Tinker the Cat, that I met last year.  I'll have to get Vannie to ask Gloria about her.  So far, I am the only camper parked here.  The peace and quite and the beautiful view is intoxicating!