Billy the Kid

 3/6- Valley View RV Park, Fort Sumner, NM

   It was all downhill this morning. We skipped through Albuquerque without any problems. The wind was howling today but fortunately it was all behind us so we got some great gas mileage. As we left the foothills surrounding Albuquerque everything just flattened right out and we were once again in the desert. 

  We got off the highway and headed south. This was a tricky 40 miles as now the wind was on our side and it made keeping the van between the lines challenging. Once we turned east again it was fine. Here it was just miles of grassland with very few if any trees. The only place to find shade here was behind some cow. The vegetation slowly started to Peter out and we drove through a series of salt lakes. These are depressions that will hold water but it can’t flow out. So the water evaporates and leaves behind the dissolved limestone and salt. 

   The road went straight for over 60 miles with nothing but grassland as far as you could see. It was so boring it became interesting. We thought we saw a curve once but it turned out to be a mirage and the road went on. 

   The campground tonight is an rv park run by the Billy the Kid museum. This town is where Pat Garrett shot and killed Billy the Kid. He is buried just up the road a piece. This guy who runs the place has collected all kinds of authentic paraphernalia about Billy the Kid. He has his rifle, the chaps he was wearing etc etc. We declined to pay money to see this stuff but they do run a parking lot for rvers like us. 

   Today was chilly with a 20-25 knot wind blowing. You had to be careful when you opened the door as it would tear it out of your hands. Tomorrow is supposed to be cooler and then warming up again next week. 

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