Elephant Butte SP

 Wednesday March 8, 2023 - Today we’re headed to Elephant Butte SP in Truth or Consequences, NM.  It’s a 2 hour drive with a quick stop in Hatch NM (chili pepper capital of the world) for lunch and a walk. I booked 6 nights at Elephant Butte in the same site we stayed at 5 years ago, when we were tent/clam campers.  

Early morning moon shadows of our campsite in City of Rocks

 a little reading before we start the day

One last spin on the Hydra trail

Love the contrails in the sky today

looks like lots of planes fly over this part of New Mexico

The Sparky's corner in Hatch, NM

hmmmmm, a little weird?

we love hatch chili peppers

Uncle Sam and chili peppers

Site 19 at Elephant Butte

our view for the next 6 days

March 2023

Feb 2018 

we took up the whole site with everything we needed to be comfortable while tent camping!

a walk out West Lakeshore Trail for the sunset (the trail runs 11 miles along the reservoir)

Thursday March 9, 2023 - It was a quiet day at the campsite, biking and enjoying the views.

another nice sunrise view from our window

biking on the West Lakeshore Trail

stop for lunch

Sunset pics

 

Friday March 10, 2023 - Today was a catch-up day.  It's a 30 minute drive to the nearest town, Truth or Consequences for laundry, Walmart, a bike shop, and propane.  So we spent the morning on a walk, enjoyed lunch at our picnic table and headed to the big city.  Truth or Consequences used to be called Hot Springs, NM but in 1950 for the 10th anniversary episode of the game show Truth or Consequences, the radio host offered to broadcast the anniversary episode from the first town to rename itself after the TV show.  Hot Springs became Truth or Consequences on March 31 of that year and has been T or C ever since.  It's a quirky little town with lots of bath houses (utilizing the hot springs), cute little shops and art galleries. 

morning hike

Our next door neighbors (Lee & Claudia) also had a Coachmen Nova.  We had fun talking about our RVs and our love of camping.  

groceries and laundry make for a messy RV

it was a cloudy sunset walk tonight

Saturday March 11, 2023 - We had a fun chat with the girls this morning and then Kev replaced his bike inner tube with a puncture resistant tube we bought in T or C yesterday.  He's had 3 flats since we've been in New Mexico, all due to small thorn punctures.  Hopefully this is the last tire change!  Today was a windy day...I guess they're right about March being a windy month in NM.

HeeHee, Elaine looks like she's got ears on the top of her head

bike mechanic, Kev

the wind blew our chairs into the creosote bush