...is anybody out there???

Have you ever traveled for mile after mile and not passed another car, seen a house and other than the occasional cattle or antelope grazing not a living thing?  If your answer is YES - then you have been to New Mexico.  Just kidding - but not exaggerating.  We have spent the time traveling down the state - from Santa Fe to Roswell and probably passed 100 cars during the 200 miles or so.  It was a lovely trip - even if a bit baron...

Nothing ever goes exactly according to plan - and traveling across the Southwest in a motor home is no exception.  We had originally planned on staying for awhile in Santa Fe, take in the atmosphere, get some spa treatments , etc... but of course - we got hit with the delay in leaving Denver, then the wind in Raton delayed us again - before you know it - we are down to 2 days instead of the planned 5 or so - and all of the great suggestions everyone made went out the window (sorry Logger, never did find the spice shop - perhaps  there is somewhere you can order it on-line?).  We never made the spa - although for sure - Karen would have gladly agreed to forgo some of the things we did do had we the time to book a treatment.  We took in Galleries, historic buildings, churches, a little shopping and generally meandered around the historical district and watched the characters who inhabit this bohemian town including what I call Squirrel Man.   

We managed to figure out their public transport system - although as usual - we sat and waited for almost 30 minutes for a bus that is suppose to come every 15 min - then as soon as it does arrive - there is another one directly behind it.  We attracted a slightly inebriated gentleman on the way home who felt that he had something in common with Karen as he had visited Germany once so he tried his entire repertoire of the language consisting of 'guten tag' and something else that I could not make out on her and wanted to know what was 'scottish' for good day.  When Karen explained that 'Good Day' was Scottish for good day - I don't think he quite got it - but seemed satisfied with the answer non-the-less. 

We are now in better temperatures - For the past few days it has been hitting in the mid to high 70's - and I can only say how much we are enjoying it.  We have been disappointed in that the RV parks that we have stayed at have not opened their pools yet for the season.  I find this a bit strange as the weather is definitely hot enough.  If they were in Michigan - it would have been opened 2 months ago - but I guess in New Mexico - 75 isn't hot enough yet...

Arrived in Roswell - where we put up for the night.  Decided to take our chances and maybe get abducted by aliens...no such luck.  We toured the UFO museum, questioned a few locals as to their thoughts on what really happened (most answered in the affirmative - either trying to keep up the illusion so that their economy doesn't tank - or they truly think the government hid something), and had a nice evening -

even ordered a pizza.  Finally - we decided that we would get up when we woke up - and drive until we didn't want to drive anymore.  Roswell is over 500 miles from San Antonio so making it that far wasn't necessarily in the plan - but certainly doable. 

By 5am - I was awake and ready - so we packed up and were on the road - made Fort Stockton late morning/early afternoon and decided to get some more miles behind us before we stopped.  Who would have guessed that there are so few options for RV parks between Fort Stockton and San Antonio. At anyrate - we didn't really have a choice - so we ended up doing the entire 525 miles and have now arrived in San Antonino - where we plan on staying put for the next 9 nights.  Looking forward to a more permanent existence.