We're Parked At Eagle Nest, NM
Shhhh, I don't want to many rv'ers to know about this place. All I can say is WOW! Dean and I found what we've been missing. A great big thanks to our Escapee friends, Brenda & Roger for allowing us to tag along with them to this location.
Let me back track for a few minutes and catch you up with our travels. We left Shamrock with Dumas, TX as our destination. I'm not going to say much about Dumas, except I was surprised at the size of the town. I figured it would be another Shamrock - not.
Wednesday morning we left early (8 a.m.) heading for Cimarron, NM with all of us forgetting that we would be crossing into Mountain Time and gaining a hour. Had we remembered, we would have slept in another hour. The drive to Cimarron State Park was beautiful with the sighting of lots of antelope along the way. We stopped in the town of Springer, NM right in front of the old courthouse without realizing it until we got out of the coach - how lucky we were. Some interesting history here but we didn't stay long enough to really get the scoop. We decided to fill the fuel tank even though we were only a quarter of a tank down and boy did they see us coming - $4.98 per gallon for diesel. We arrived at Cimarron State Park close to noon and found the campground for boondocking (they are all boondocking campgrounds I believe). After setting up we drove to Eagle Nest to check out the full hook-up campgrounds and I found my spot at the first one we stopped at - Weathers RV Park. After ensuring a site for the morning, we went back home for a relaxing and very cool evening. I hadn't mentioned that the high yesterday was about 68 and the low last night was 54. Nice! This was our first night to boondock and maybe our last. We just don't think it's for us - we like the comforts that having the plug in a outlet, and the water hose hooked up provide.
This morning we moved to Weathers RV Park at Eagle Nest and are now at home for at least one week, maybe two. There is so much to do on the Enchanted Circle, which is the name for the loop that includes Taos and Angle Fire, if we don't do it in a week, we'll just stay put. One thing we need to do is get acclimated to the higher altitude - we are at 8,200 feet.
That about brings me up to date other than to tell you that I've posted some more pictures at picasa. http://picasaweb.google.com/SchultzTravelPhotos
posted by Janice and Dean @ 7:36 PM
6 Comments
6 Comments:
So glad you made the trip without incident. We are looking forward to your posts and photos from this area. We have never done the whole "circle" , only Taos and Angel Fire. We hope to include this area in our near future. It's not far from home for us.
Take it slow and easy to get used to the altitude - and drink lots of water. It helps:-)
JanC
Wow, I'm envious. We haven't been to the "circle" either. It was on our itinerary that we had to postpone due to family issues. How much elevation did you have getting to the 8200 feet on the highway? Is it the scenery that attracts you to Eagle Nest? I'm super glad to see that your trip was without mechanical issues.
Safe travels! Susan
Susan, Actually the increase in altitude was slow. Dumas was around 3000+. Cimarron St. Park was around 7000 then on up to the 8200. I'm slowly, very slowly adjusting. Scenery & climate were the draw, plus a place we've never been.
Janice
Nice pictures of Eagles Nest. we'll have to add it to our list of Wanna-Sees! Better tell dean to clean off the satellite dish or your reception might get fuzzy ;-).
Garry
Hello All
We traveled to Eagle Nest NM from Paris Texas.This is our firsttrip to NM, we are just trying to escape the Texas July Heat.....
I like to trvel the back roads sometimes. I chose to take the Valley route from Las Vegas NM up to Mora then thru Angle Fire on to desigition of Eagle Nest Golden Rv Park.
To say the least the trip from Mora to Angle Fire was an adventure in itself. I did not expect the road to become so narrow. This is a very scenic route to take but only for 26 ft or smaller Coaches, or better yet in a car or truck. We were in a Aspect 26a pulling a 12 ft cargo trailes and it was slow but is scenic.
I ride a Honda Goldwing so have made the trip back to Mora several times on the bike. Mora has some very tastful resturants.
A trip from Eagle Nest to Taos then around to Red River via the enchanted circle ( about 100 miles) is really a diversefied scenic trip. I recommend this trip as a got to go trip.
Thanks for allowing me to post comments
Eagle Nest is a good secret
Gary
Thanks for stopping by Gary. I hope this area stays a secret. Would hate for it to become a destination for the masses.
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