Time to move on. East. Leaving our beloved west for other lands waiting to be explored (by us). On Sunday, we passed by Window Rock AZ (below) and continued on till we got to Bluewater Lake St Pk, New Mexico, a short 140 miles away. Jimmy thought it might be a fun spot to camp. He was right.
Window Rock. Love the colors and textures.
Out for a walk.
Tergel is in the distance, dead center.
When we pulled into the park, a kiosk said to pick a site and put $8.00 in the envelope, no hookups. We looked around, confused. Where were the sites? A dirt road (or a combination of dirt tracks) led to the lake, so we started toward the lake. It's a wonder we do what we do, because getting down to park on the grassy edge of the lake was pretty bad. Let me just say that when I opened the fridge door, I did it very carefully, 'cause I knew bottles and jars would be catawampus! We were all by ourselves there (red arrow, below).
All by ourselves? Wait a minute. Two dogs came to visit. A beautiful and very friendly grey and white male and a shyer brown and white female. I think the dog, "Fluffy" (below) would've come home with us! Jimmy crawled under the RV to attach something and Fluffy was all but in his lap. The two stayed with us the better part of the day, didn't bark, didn't beg or whine. Just friends for a day!
Other dogs were around, too -- prairie dogs had a small town established. In late afternoon, I heard coyotes howling across the lake, and again at bedtime. Then I heard a repetitive (and on and on) call I decided had to be from a bird. Nothing else "sings" like that. While I laid in bed (windows open) that night, I tried to call forth its name out of the air and into my brain, but no go. The next morning at coffee, I announced, "Whip-poor-will."
A pull-behind trailer made it to the lake, but not close to us, so we were two sets of brave, intrepid (crazy) campers at lake's edge.
We left Bluewater Lake Monday morning and hopped on I-40 to cross NM. We ended up at Ute Lake St Pk, on the eastern border of NM, and found a fine lake-view site with W/E. We appreciated the electricity and switched on the A/C as soon as we plugged in. A nice place to overnight for 14 bucks.
I think we were in Texas the next morning when Jimmy said, "Get your camera ready!" He'd been watching the odometer for a few miles, waiting for the big line-up! Crossing Texas on I-40 was done on purpose, since it's the shortest route from one side to the other and can be done in mere hours (rather than days on I-10)!
Leaning tower of Britten?
Here we are, out of Texas (Yay!) and into Oklahoma. We'd driven through OK before, but this year we'll spend a few days and scope out a bit of the scenery.
What a striking sunset greeted us on our first night (Tuesday) in OK! Taken from Sayre City Park, which is another good stopping point for the night -- W/E for $12. Lots of grass, and some sites have large trees to keep the hot sun off.
Aha, and now, at last we know what time it is, what time zone we're in ... Central Daylight Time, and it'll be the same tomorrow as we go Out and About for an explore!
Love your spot down by the water, that would have been us as well. Were the two dogs abandoned? They certainly didn't act like wild dogs, I might have tried to let someone at the State Park know about them, although the grey one sure looks good and healthy.
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You're right, they didn't act abandoned. For whatever reason, they stuck around all day, happy to lay next to Tergel until Jimmy went out and then, the grey dog just wanted to be petted. I think these dogs just wander, but have a home somewhere. Notify the state park people? There wasn't a soul in sight!
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