Red Rock Park, Gallup, New Mexico

Here is Auntie Violet settling in for our night camp at Red Rock Park just east of Gallup, New Mexico. (This used to be a state park, but had been "acquired" by the City of Gallup.) The 640 acre park encompasses a rodeo ground, pow-wow dance theatre, museum, conference center, a post office, 600 horse stalls and an RV campground with water and 50-amp electric hook-ups. We are one of only three RVs here tonight...

Tell me it hasn't been windy the past few days? Look at the sand drifts across the campground roads...

The RV park is located right next to the spectacular red cliffs of Entrada sandstone --

Oh, I had forgotten to tell you, we have a new stow-away. This coyote joined the rest of our motley crew when we were at Walnut Canyon --

Today we drove east on Interstate 40 through a variety of landscapes --

We skirted the edge of the painted desert --

Until we left Arizona and arrived at the red sandstone --

Of New Mexico --

We went back into Gallup to do a bit of shopping and to have dinner at the historic old El Rancho Hotel and Motel. The dinner special was steak and enchiladas (with rice and beans and salad and tortillas). We decided to split the meal -- and it was still almost too much!