April 23 – Leaving El Paso about 11 or so (the girls were shopping) we were not able to connect with our friends who live outside of town because they apparently changed their cell phone number and didn’t tell us the new one (hum, wonder if something is up?) So, we pressed on to Albuquerque. Once again the winds were howling. All day long we had high winds and hills. I don’t know how we could spend so might time driving uphill. I hope the roads will be downhill when we go home. Even with the winds and hills we’re still getting 7 mpg with the motorhome. I swear we’ve spent half of the time driving in third gear because of the driving conditions.
Our friends in Albuquerque are on the road visiting their new grandchild so we didn’t stop there either. We drove through to a small town in the mountains called Cuba. As we pulled into town we noticed fresh snow on the lower hills. It was a little cold. With permission of the local sheriff we camped at the city park. Yes, another free night. Had the whole place to ourselves. Nice and quiet. According to the thermometer on the coach, it got down to 38 that night.
April 24 – We arrived in Farmington, NM at our friend Sam’s house late Friday morning. He has a big yard and we were able to park the coach in his front yard. Yes, more free nights! We stayed at Sam’s a couple of days and relaxed. Sam is a good cook and made some New Mexico chili and beans. It was great. Saturday night his brother Dave came over with a guitar and we built a bon fire and stayed up till 2:30 singing and having a good time. Well, let me clarify, I stayed up and Val and Maggie went to bed.
Sunday we just took it easy and hung around the place. We watched Sam’s daughter play a flag football game. Kind of weird to watch a 7 girl team play flag football. The winds weren’t too bad and the temperature was in the mid 70’s. Kind of nice.
April 26 – We left headed for Mesa Verde in Colorado. We walked through Indian cliff dwellings that were built in 600’s. They were occupied until the late 1200’s. Amazing to learn how they lived off the land and used what was available to them to not only survive but prosper. After hiking up and down cliffs all day we drove to nearby Cortez, Colorado. We were wondering where we would stop for the night and our question was answered almost immediately; Wal-mart. Yes, yet another free night. America is a great place to live!
You can also stay free at many truck stops like, Flying J. Escapee magazine has an entire section devoted to free RV parking it's called "Day's End" (not to be confused with the section called "Trails End" which list the members that recently died). I think you can access the entire "Day's End" list on their website.. Carl
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