Walking around Tucumcari On old Route 66

Last night at dusk I thought I would walk around and see if any neon lights would be working. After a 90 min walk ( with Spencer ) it was time to call it a night. There were a few lights working but over all doing the walk once in my life will be enough.

This morning I walked around the city ( with spencer ) until it started to get too hot. This time I was looking to see how many murals I could find. I have a map that shows at least 25 murals scattered around the city. Today I was able to find ten on the list a few that are not listed..

The Legendary Road

Old West Town

Daylight Train

Second half of train, ( middle was blocked by parked cars )

Bus

Where's My Horse #1

Where's My Horse #2

Welcome To Tucumcari

Quay County

In Memory of Moynihan

Pilot

The Dodge & The Cowboy ( one of the oldest )

Waterfall

66 Eyes on Route 66 ( under construction)

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Not listed ( outside a tattoo shop )

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After my walk and update I check my ires and again it looked like a low tire..  Loaded up and took the rig to a tire store only to find nothing could be found wrong, so check and aired all tires to correct PSI. Went to KMart and purchased a good Digital tire gauge so I can keep a better track of my tires.  As long as I was just across the street I went into the Rockin Y roadhouse for lunch and to see the mural.

2nd St & Route 66

Tucumcari NM

Was scheduled to stay at Santa Rosa State Park until tomorrow, however....  Last night around 7pm I noticed one of my back tires looked low, so I did a complete check of all systems and found three tires low on air. The one that looked low was at 45PSI, should be between 65 and 80 psi..  With that in mind I decided I should leave today and get it looked at ASAP..  Stopped at a tire center and had it checked, the man could not find anything wrong, back on at 75PSI and will check it tonight and tomorrow morning to see if it maintains the pressure or not.

 Next stop was The Blue hole in Santa Rosa NM ( the city ) not a real big deal if you ask me. Took a few photos and that was that..

Once in Tucumcari I stopped at the dollar store and picked up a few items, and found out I was low on cash. So off the the bank, good news they is a Wells Fargo here, bad news all the servers are down so could not get any cash. Found a LOW'S food store and stocked up on food supplies, and across the street a bank ( not WF ) that had an ATM that allowed me to get some cash.


Now at RV park doing laundry, and cooking up a chicken chili, beef and pork stew, and a Lasagna. Will  freeze individual servings of each so that I will not have to cook again for a spell...

Plan to walk around tonight and tomorrow when it is cooler ( now 102 ) and see how many of the 35 Murals I can find...

Santa Rosa Lake State Park New Mexico

I have moved camp to Santa Rosa Lake, thinking it may become a desert if rain does not come soon. Really not much to see at this park, if not for the lake it would be nothing but high desert. Took the shore line hiking trail, and the photos below will tell the tail. Will camp hear with electric due to the heat, 95f in the day. Want to go north, but all the parks are closed at this time due to fires this summer... Not sure were I go from here...

Sleepless Night

Unable to sleep, tried reading, tried Television, now thinking. Staying at State Park in New Mexico. BlueWater Lake is a nice enough place but it is nothing like being able to get into the back country. I find I miss when I was backpacking and able to walk into places that seldom saw other people, and was never crowded with other campers. I know I am not young enough anymore to be able to carry the weight of a full weeks worth of supplies to be able to go to the places I dream about, but maybe I can find a way to get into some areas that fewer people go to.  Miss camping under the stars, with only Mother nature for company.

On the bright side, my buddy Spencer makes a good little hiker. Took a two hour hike yesterday and he did the hike without any problems.

On a different note, I have heard from Amazon.com and my state date is for Oct. 30th. So I will be spending Nov. and Dec of this year in KY. Looking forward to seeing some friends I knew when living in Ky. Just hope the winter in Ky is very mild this year.

Return to El Morro

El Morro National Park

July 22, 2011

Left the RV park in Grants early so I had time to stop at Walmart to pick up a few needed items .  Had a surprise, the Walmart in Grants does not stay open 24 hours, it is open from 7am to midnight only.  So had to wait to do my shopping and get some cash. 

Then it was off to El Morro Park to do the second trail. It was good excises and interesting in its own way. Hike only took a little over an hour, then I found a dispersed camp at El Morro for $5 a night. Will spend two nights then head over to see the wolfs on Sunday. 

Holy shit!!!!!! I do not believe my luck... I am at a park that has no hookups and the only camp near me is for handicapped ... so what pulls in??? Three vans loaded with kids!!!!  Had to shut myself inside close all door and turn on the generator before I could not hear them yelling .....  1.- none are handicapped, 2.- not supposed to have more then two cars or 6 people per site, 3.- bet your life I paid as much for myself as there did for all 20 ....  So much for a peaceful night..... 

July 23,2011

Good morning to all, 0630 at least two of the van horn alarms went off. How long? long enough to wake me, and I was dressed before there shut off. Just to top off the morning I could hear laughing from them about it. Took Spencer for a walk and told the “adults” what I thought of them... The group started packing and taken down tents Holy shit!!!!!! I do not believe at 0700, maybe today will be nice..

Turned out to be a great day, even if all I did was read, and play with spencer. Very peaceful and relaxing day. Tomorrow I go see the wolfs..  Oh did I mention I have no internet or phone service in this area? not a clue when I will get any of this on my blog.. 

July 24, 2011

Pulled out of El Morro early hoping to find a place to eat breakfast. Everything along the way was closed on Sunday until I reached the Wild Sprit wolf park. Then found a place that will open at 0900 and I can eat. This place was not easy to find even with directions. No signs showing the way to the place until you are almost there. Last 4 miles are on a gravel road from hell, felt like the rig was going to be shaking apart. If I could have turned around within the first 3 miles I would have. But here now so hope the trouble of getting here will be worth it.. 


I am not going to try and go into what the Wolf sanctuary is all about, would take me to much time and I would be sure to get some of it wrong. So I will just give you the URL for the site that was build to explain...  http://www.wildspiritwolfsanctuary.org/index.php

All I will do is post the photos I took today, and say it is worth the price. Hoping to come back and schedule a photo shoot without the fence in the way. If all goes well I think I may return in Feb. of 2012... We will see...

That's it for today, heck of a storm is brewing and internet is slow...