After Texas we decided to hit New Mexico - sounded more fun than Oklahoma. We tried to do a scenic drive to Taos, but due to forest fires the road was closed, a 75 mile fruitless round trip.
Took a chance on Villaneueva State Park and got the last site for the night. The camp hosts were super friendly, as were the other campers. Our water hose was not long enough so a nice lady swapped with us for the night. A beautiful place with little adobe style shelters to have dinner in, on the banks of a river with nice hikes nearby. Woke up and I was quite sick so decided a good place to stay for a couple of nights.
The next night a ranger hosted a stargazing party, we rocked up late as it was cloudy – but just in time to see Saturn and her two moons through the telescope. Totally amazing, like a picture from a book at school – and it was the real thing. Next morning we did the steep hike to a beautiful lookout. Got back just in time to see the presentation by the nice hose-lending lady, who was a bird expert. She had brought her screech owl, raven, kestrel and Harris hawk to do a presentation in the ranger station. Very interesting and educational too – Isla loved the tiny screech owl and sat still for at least 10 minutes of the two hour presentation.
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