October
20 – Oct. 24 – Exploring the Santa Fe Area
Friday
– Spent most of the day at the campground. We went into Santa Fe to
a Walmart to purchase a new TV. When we moved the camper on Wednesday
I left the bedroom TV hooked up. It fell and pulled the Co-axial port
out of the TV. No way to fix it so we purchased a new one.
Saturday
– Headed northeast of Santa Fe toward Mora. On the way we stopped
at Pecos National Historical Park near Pecos NM. This is another
native indian site however no cliff dwellings. The site is located in
Glorieta Pass in the Sangre De Cristo Mountains. This site was a
major trade location for the many bands of natives. Later the Santa
Fe trail came through this pass bringing settlers west. The site
includes many partially restored pueblo buildings and a Spanish
church has well as a fully restored Kiva that can be entered.
There
is also a Civil War site nearby but we decided to skip it as it was
cold and windy that day. We continued our drive northeast and ended
stopping at Las Vegas NM. We visited the old town square which
included an old restored hotel. We had lunch then headed back to the
camper.
Sunday
– We stayed at the camper and listened to the Packer game on the
radio. Also took the wash including the bed sheets to the laundry
mat.
Monday
– Hot springs day! We drove the hour and a half up to Ojo Caliente
to the Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Spa. We arrived around 11:00 and
spent about three hours soaking in the many outdoor mineral spring
pools at the Spa. It was a wonderful, relaxing day.
Temps:
Saturday it was a little colder and very windy. Otherwise the weather
has been great with highs in the low to mid 70's. It gets cold at
night with temps in the low 40's.
Pecos National Historical Park
Scenes from Cochiti Lake Campground
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| Dennis and his new hat! |
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| Ribs! Yum! |
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| View from the Visitor Center |
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| Lake Cochiti in the background |
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