Sat. May 29 . We left that very nice koa in carlsbad to travel forward on the adventure. Not so much to see for most of the trip today,not till we reached the mountains. An easy climb up,not even noticing the grades. Pretty soon we saw signs that said all trucks must have eng.retarders , so many miles ahead of us. Well,we have tow haul, why worry. There is a town at the top (and ski area!!) ,called cloudcroft. No special attachment to this town,except on the other side starts the downhill run. Tow haul held us back alot,but also did alot of brakeing. By the time we stopped halfway down at a pull over for lunch, I smell d the brakes. Not a good smell. !!
Oh yea,there were at least three runaway truck ramps we passed. Thankfully we passed them all. Campsite here is not pretty at all. we did have a view of the mountains till someone came in next to us. Oh well,maybe next place will be better. Can't complain too much,as our sites have been pretty good so far. Tomorrow we are off to see the white sands of NM. This is where they tested our first atom bomb I do believe. They also use this area for the missel proveing grounds,or at least used to. Will find out more tomorrow. There is also the white sands monument which is where we are going. They have a ranger led easy stroll sunset walk,where they talk about the night animals of the desert. Should be fun. Its only 15 miles away,not the 50 it took to get to the caverns of our last stop.Pictures should follwo soon
Love Dad