Monahans Sandhills State Park, Texas

Last night we camped at Brantley Lake State Park near Carlsbad, NM.   It is supposed to be a lake on the Pecos river, but it is just about dried up and also the wind was blowing terrible because of being near the dust storm at Lubbuck, TX.  I also forgot to take any photos.   Tonight Tuesday night, it is much better. We are camped at the Monahans Sandhills state park near Monahan, TX.  Here are some of the photos of us playing on the sand dunes.

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Oliver Lee state park Almaogorda, NM

Today, Sunday we traveled down the road about 70 miles to Oliver Lee state park.   We are moving slowly now.   It has been hot, 90 degrees, and not a cloud in the sky. Our campground is close to the mountains and not too far from  White Sands National Monument.   The campground is on a hill so it would be too much effort to walk so we read all afternoon.  Not too much elso to talk about so here are the photos.

Valley Of fires, Carrizozo, New Mexico

We left Taos, NM and visited the bridge over the Rio Grande river gorge about 5 miles out of Taos.   We drove all day to reach the Valley of fires in Carrizozo, NM.  We made it to a spectacular campground.  It is  a National Rec area campground and at half price for golden age cards is $9 per night with electricity and showers.  The weather is terrific, we signed up for 3 nights.  It has a paved trail thru a lava field that was formed 3000 years ago.   It was formed by lava flowing from a vent in the earth not a volcano.  The black lava rock covers the whole valley.   Here is the photos of the Rio Grande and the Lava field.

Find our camper in the campground