Talk about good luck, our venture across the panhandle of Texas and into New Mexico gave us October weather in November. Sunny and warm during the day and incredible starlit nights. We forget how dark it is at night living in the city. At the higher elevations it is coal black and the stars blanket the heavens.
Our first stay in northern NM was near Clayton, at the state park of the same name, just across the border. As we drove through the Kiow National Grasslands the soft sandstone gave way. Chiseled out by wind and water that witnessed the demise of the Dinosaurs, Clayton State park was a great surprise. The well stocked resevour has a spillway with the tracks of over 500 Dinosaur footprints from eight different species living 100 million years ago. The dam and it's spillway were built in 1955, in 1985 the Dinosaur footprints were uncovered during heavy rain in the spillway area of the dam. The park has several nice hiking trails with interesting rock formations and several herds of mule deer and wild turkeys. In the morning I watched a flock of Mountain Bluebirds outside our camper as the deer walked to the upper levels of the park. We had the entire place to ourselves, again.
We are taking a chance with our travels in this area as the temps dip to the upper 30's at night. Any lower and our pipes could freeze. Tomorrow we drive to Santa Fe and I hope our luck holds out a few more days so I can see some cliff dwellings.
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