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 1/19- Bottomless Lake State Park, Roswell NM

   First the lakes aren’t really bottomless. They formed when an underground cavern collapsed and filled up with water. They do look crystal clear and might be inviting on a day that got above 35 degrees. The campsite is nice and it’s in a big hole in the butte which houses the lakes and has a beautiful view out to the west. Apparently  in heavy rains it floods and when the water dries up it leaves a fine white powder all over the ground which makes this look like salt flats. Seeing that didn’t make me want to drink it either. It can also flood when the oil companies are fracking over in Texas which causes the aquifer to slosh a bit and it pops up here  

    The ride over from Slaton was almost a straight line the whole way. Interesting about the Twin Pines Campground is that there were no trees near this place. In fact trees over 3 feet tall were a premium on this route. We drove by miles and miles of cotton fields most of which had been harvested. The wind was quite strong again today and with the bare plants in the fields it was quite dusty. We had quite a few tumbleweeds dash out in front of us looking for a ride. We also had a roadrunner dash across in our path and I half expected to have the coyote follow him just a little too slowly.

   We have spent some time in this area as Alayne’s parents lived here and we visited several times. This park though was something we did not know about. 

   We did pass into Mountain time today which makes sunrise and sunset a little more normal. When I checked the National weather map this morning we were one of the warmest places around and it was not warm. It still better than negative numbers. 

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