GOOOOOOD Day Folks! we are finally back on the road. Most of our stay in Congress AZ was spent cleaning, beading (Carol), hiking, cleaning, roping competitions, reading, and cleaning.
Bird nest in Cactus
Pack Rat nest under Cholla Cactus
The following pictures are from various hikes we went on. Most of them were local to Congress.
"Jackephant" Cactus
We even drove to Sedona to hike at a place called Bell Rock.
Between hiking and craft projects there was cleaning. This is our new portable generator, fully assembled... after I finished.
This generator replaced the smaller one we had, and sold. You may also notice that the truck is clean and shiny... which was hard to do with the amount of windy days while we were there.
We can't forget Christmas... we decked out our trailer this year.
Santa tripped over one of the solar panels, and got tangled in the Christmas lights... fortunately he landed head first without hurting himself. Some of the residents at the park dressed their homes for Christmas too.
We saw a little snow in Congress, but it didn't come until February, and only a dusting at the park.
Having survived our stay in Congress, we headed southeast a bit to Willcox AZ for a couple of days before hitting Deming New Mexico. We made it to Willcox just before the winds kick'd up again, only to fight the winds all the way to Deming a day later. If the winds weren't pushing us sideways, they were trying to push us out the door like we had too much to drink, and they were done with us.
God was with us on this part of the trip. New Mexico opened up some more a few days before we arrived, allowing us to visit local state parks, and do some wine tasting. As usual, I walked away with several great dessert wines, and Carol found a Riesling she enjoyed. Deming isn't one of the hot spots in New Mexico, but there are things to do, if one looks for them. One find was "The Rock Shop", on the way to one of the state parks.
The gentleman that owns it is an old time rock hound. Because there are few visitors right now, he will talk any visitors ear off. Besides selling the geodes he finds, he fills the visitor in about where the geodes came from, and how they were created.
The tour of the space is all of a half an hour for looking, add an hour for conversation... it was fun.
If you have a little farmer in you, visit the "Farm and Ranch Heritage museum". The name doesn't tell the whole story. There is a bit of untold WWII history not taught in school regarding New Mexico. The U.S. government, ranchers and farmers co-used the lands for awhile, until V2 rockets started landing in fields and pastures. The end result was ranchers and farmers leaving their lands, for their safety. How's that for imminent domain? The ranchers sold their stock for pennies on the dollar, the farmers maybe received a handshake and kindly good-bye.
Our final outing was to Las Cruces to visit butcher shops, we found they were pointing more to Mexican recipes. My final note for this portion is a shout out for "El Rey" butcher shop in Deming. Our departing venture was to their shop to load up on fresh beef.
Let's talk Texas... next episode.
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