Where are Cheryl and Dennis?: Deming NM

December 12-11-2017 thru 12-16-2017

Monday – Drove the 86 miles down to Deming this morning following I-25 down to Hatch then cut across on Hwy 26. We stopped in Hatch at a couple of Chile shops and purchased a chile wreath, green chile sauce and mesquite honey. We arrived at our next stay, Dreamcatcher RVPark, shortly before noon. In the afternoon we went shopping for groceries. At 4:00 we went to the clubhouse for social hour to meet some of the other residents.

Tuesday – Laundry and cooking day. We have full hookups here so we did lots of laundry. 4 loads in our little washer and hung everything to dry. There is virtually no humidity here that the wet cloths dry very quickly. We picked a frozen turkey yesterday and thawed it overnight. Today I cut it up. Dennis smoked a half a breast, a leg and thigh. The other half of the turkey we put in the freezer. I made soup with the carcass.

In the evening we went to Taco Tuesday at the nearby the nearby Quality Inn set up by the RV Park.

Wednesday – Today we drove south to the border and visited the little town of Palomas Mexico. It is not the big tourist attraction of Nogalas and Algodones. It does have a few dentist and optometrist offices. Several guest at the RV park have had dental work done here and have been very satisfied. Dennis needs an implant or bridge so we stopped at a dental office recommended to us. Their dental surgeon will not be available until end of January and they gave us an estimate of $1500 to do a dental implant. Another dentist actually took x-rays of Dennis mouth and determined that a bridge would work better for him. They quoted $750 for a bridge. We will get more estimates in Algodones when we get to Arizona.

We also visited a bakery and The Pink Store. The Pink Store is a nick knack shop selling blanket, trinkets and lots Mexican pottery. There is also a restaurant. Their hook is they provide you with a drink while you are shopping, non-alcoholic or alcoholic.

On the way back to Deming we stopped at Poncho Villa State Park near Columbus and Rock Hound State Park near Deming. They are both very nice state parks in different setting. Poncho Villa is in a flat desert. Rock Hound is nestled on a south facing slope below a mountain face. Very pretty. Rock Hound is noted for its interesting rocks which you can hunt for and take home. We also visited nearby Spring Canyon which is a day use only park with multiple trails up the mountain and is noted for the Ibex that live in the area. We hiked part of a trail but did not see any Ibex.

Thursday – More sight seeing today. Headed north to Silver City. We walked the main street and peeked into a few shops. We stopped at the Silver City Cafe for lunch. It is a very artsy town with lots of history. In 1895 during a heavy rain a wall of water came through the town, washed away the main street and created a 55 foot ditch which is still there today.

From there we headed back toward Deming and stopped at the City of Rocks State Park. It is one of the places I had earmarked that I wanted to see and it did not disappoint. Dennis and I took a stroll over the rocks. Henry would have loved it. There is a campground among the rocks which is very cool. The electric sites were full but there were some non-electric among the rocks that were open. Some day we will come back and camp among the rocks.

We also stopped and checked out Faywood Hotsprings Resort that has hotspring mineral baths. It is not as nice as Riverbend in T or C but we would consider spending some soaking time there. They have RV sites as well.

Friday – Traveled east through Las Cruces to White Sands National Monument today. What an awesome place. Miles and miles of white gypsum sand. We spent a couple of hours there and even went sledding. Much warmer than snow sledding but not as fast.

Where we are parked: Dreamcatcher RV Park – Deming NM – Site 45. This is a full service RV park, 117 full hookup sites, clubhouse with laundry facilities. This is an Escapees RV Club park of which we are members. It is just a big gravel parking lot with not much scenery but it is clean and they give you plenty of room between rigs. Member weekly rate is $108 ($15.42/day). Monthly rate for members is $225 + elec.

DREAMCATCHER RV PARK - DEMING NM