Cloudcroft

 We have made it to Cloudcroft safely. Staying at a small camground owned by a nice couple. They bought it as part of their retirement plan. Like the way they think.

 To wrap up Carlsbad we had a nice lunch with John and Pam. They are friends from Decatur and live in Carlsbad. If I had known about John's deep roots and history knowledge of the area, we would have drug him around. They want to meet us in DC so will work the plans together and try and make that happen.

 Enjoyed our stay at the ranch inspite of the hail cannons on two days.  They shoot them off during storms.Loud, probably propane, cannons used to accustically disrupt hail to protect pecan groves. Shaky sceince at best, but damn are they loud.

 We will be here in Cloudcroft for a week. Jim and Renee will be here and we will visit with Wes and Lee in Alamogordo. Cool temps at our 7927 ft elevation, highs in low 60's, lows in 40's and 30's.

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 More from this area tomorrow



gathering some high rosebuds,