Truckin' Across New Mexico

 We spent 2 nights in the state of New Mexico. We experience a lot of wind there.

Day 6 – Sumner Lake State Park, New Mexico

What a windy ride!  And…….ta da……..We have made our first state crossing.  It only took us 876 miles from our home in Sweeny, Texas to the New Mexico border at Farwell TX/Texico NM.  Sumner Lake is fed by the Pecos River. The color of the water is beautiful. It’s very windy. Our site (#7) isn’t anything to write home about, but we do have a view of the lake and it’s only $14 a night for water and electricity. We did enjoy our propane firepit and the star gazing!

Sumner Lake NM from our campsite

Sumner Lake NM

Our campsite here

Day 7 – Caballo Lake State Park, New Mexico

The drive here was a long one.  We consider anything over 4 hours long.  But….we were excited to see that our route here would take us through San Antonio, NM. Why were we excited?  Well, the Buckhorn Tavern has the world famous green chili cheeseburger!  We stopped here about 14 years ago after a local recommended it to us.  We have tried several other times to come back and taste the burger.  But it always seemed to be closed.  Today didn’t disappoint!  It’s our lunch (and dinner), and it’s a very welcome break as the winds are topping out over 20 mph on our drive.

Ron telling me to hurry up!

The world famous green chili cheeseburger at Buckhorn Tavern in San Antonio NM

But Caballo Lake State Park didn’t disappoint either. We have a great site (#7, full hookup, $22 night). We’re able to sit out of the wind kinda and view the lake. The lake is fed by the Rio Grande River (which starts in Colorado and winds through the Texas and Mexico border to the gulf. We enjoyed visiting fellow campers and watching a beautiful sunset. 

Scenery while we're traveling

Caballo Lake State Park

Caballo Lake

Ron trying to escape the wind.

Beautiful sunset!

New Mexico was great, but the weather wasn't the best. High winds made it challenging at times to travel. We traveled 551 miles through this state!

Stay tuned for Arizona!