We had stayed an extra night in Elephant Butte thinking that we would take advantage of the hot springs in Truth or Consequences to sweat out our colds. But I couldn't get an answer at any of the places in the brochure we had when I tried to schedule a time... So we ended up staying home in Auntie Violet watching movies.
This morning we left the park about ten and started towards the turn towards the interstate. A pickup pulled up at the stop sign as we approached the corner to turn left. Realizing that we could probably use a bit of extra room to turn the corner, the considerate driver put his pickup in reverse to back up and give us more space. But, he didn't check his mirror and promptly backed into a sedan that had pulled up directly behind him! Of course the pickup wasn't damaged, but there was a pretty good dent in the hood of the sedan...
We drove south on I-25 until we got to Hatch (green chile capital of the world!), then cut across on Highway 26 to Deming where we caught I-10 and went on across the border to Arizona. We dieseled up at Willcox, then came on into Benson where we'll stay for the next few days. Forry was very tired tonight, so we'll probably sleep in tomorrow morning and not do too much. We're both sniffling less today, so maybe this cold isn't going to be too bad...
We worked in Silver City one winter. It's quite interesting down there, very different from Washington, but we sure enjoyed it. The Gila Cliff Dwellings are fascinating, also the Cat Walk, both north of Silver City. Have you seen either place?
ReplyDeleteHi folks - thought you might want to know - the reason hot spring spas weren't picking up the phone the day you called (which I assume was Wednesday Jan 6) is because phones and internet were down throughout Truth or Consequences (and maybe Elephant Butte too?) on Wednesday from approximately 10am-6pm. Hope you'll try the water next time you're through, it's pretty special! Happy Trails!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info re the telephone outage! That explains why no one was answering or the line was just steady busy!
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