We have continued to have rain nearly
every day so the place is greening up nicely but so are the weeds which are giving Larry's allergies
fits. We finally took a day to move the MH and went to Valley of
Fires about 25 miles northwest of us. We had planned to spend the
afternoon looking around but as soon as we got out of the MH we were
attacked by loads of small flying bugs that got in our eyes, ears,
noses and mouths so we basically turned around to come home.. It
turns out the bugs were a God thing as our weather alert radio went
off warning of flash floods about ten miles from the camp. It
started raining buckets and we drove through several mildly flooded
areas on the road. We also saw two deer who thought about crossing
the road in front of us but changed their minds when Larry honked the
horn. They jumped straight up and over the fence, such a slight to
see but of course too quickly to get a picture. We arrived back at
the campground just five minutes before another flash flood went
through the camp again cutting it in half. We were so thankful the
bugs sent us on our way or we would have been caught on the wrong
side of the flash flood and would have had to wait for the road to be
cleared of the debris and would have had mud all over the coach.
Valley of Fires near Carrizozo, NM showing the nice camping spots
We had another flash flood go though
the campground a week later, so that is three flash floods we have
experienced here. And we had never experienced flash floods before.
God protected us each time.
The second flash flood that went through the campground that we missed by five minutes
A couple, Phil and Claudia, who live
in Capitan, also volunteers at the park and we have seen at church,
took us out for lunch after church at KaBob's Steakhouse in Ruidoso.
I had catfish since fish is something that is not served here at the
camp and it was wonderful! We had a nice afternoon with them then worked the dinner shift that evening.
We took a bike trip to Ski Apache, 17
miles one way and 3000 ft up. It was the first day that looked like
it might not rain so we took advantage of it. The ride was lovely
with beautiful wild flowers all along the way of a very curvy road.
Many of the curves were named like Horseshoe Bend, Texas Bend, Last
Bend, Cat's House and Shady Lane. We were disappointed it wasn't
open when we reach the top as folks over 70 can ride the lifts for
free. There are maybe 10-12 runs and four lifts including a four
seat gondola. It is only open on the weekends during the summer and
we are working mostly weekends now that the kids are back in school
so it probably won't happen.
After 26 days we were able to finally
pick up our car in Roswell. It was done eight days before that but
the insurance company didn't get the supplemental check to the body
shop before then. Larry had them put a new wing on the back and he
is quite pleased with it. It looks like a totally different car.
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After several calls to our insurance
agent, the insurance checks for the trailer and MH are finally on
their way. Thanks, Chris, for your help!
Larry put the new brake pads on the
bike which he bought when we first arrived in NM. We have had so
much rain daily he had not been able to put them on before. (that and
our work schedule). We took a bike ride to Fort Stanton for his
birthday before we worked the dinner shift. We watched a short movie
about the place and I learned the Indians called the black soldiers
stationed there “Buffalo soldiers” because their curly hair
reminded them of buffalo.
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