Beautiful weather has come to southern NM...bright sunny days, cool breezes, and chilly nights. I am letting the dogs' coats grow out as the weather cools down.

Last week I drove to Phoenix (324 miles one way) to look at a couple of small travel trailers.  Came home with this one.  It is small and light and I can tow it with my V-8 Jeep.

I plan to take a test trip to Las Cruces (49 miles) the week after Thanksgiving to see what still needs to be added and to get some experience with set-up/break-down.  I am not anticipating any problems but you never know.

A group of park folks invited me to join them on an excursion to an eating place called Adobe Deli.  It's seriously out in the middle of nowhere and reminds me of a big Westerner or Pig Stand.  Food was good.

Last weekend Wyatt and Michelle came down.  I met them at Shakespeare, an old mining town near Lordsburg.  It was HOT but interesting.

Shakespeare

Mining Assay Office

Blacksmith's forge

Cowboys and horizontal hostesses