There is nothing to do there.
Exactly!
Last summer we spent 90 days traveling around the Northwest,
visiting friends and family, seeing the “must see” sites (along with thousands of other tourists),
never staying in one spot more than 4 nights. We had a wonderful time but
became exhausted (and a bit
snappy with one another.) This trip we scheduled some downtime; a week in Deming fit the bill.
Our friends were right, there isn’t much to do here but we
did get in a couple of desert hikes.
We really liked
City of Rocks State Park and have visions of
The Wanderer parked in among the boulders and views of star studded nights.
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| Visitor's Center at Rockhound State Park |
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| Hunting for gem stones |
Rockhound State Park allows one to keep rocks and any
gemstones one finds. We didn’t find any gems but ABN did pack out a few rocks
for her studio rock garden.
We heard that Silver City, about an hour away, had a lot of
art galleries so we drove over on Thursday to check it out. We did find the art
district but not one gallery was open. Bummer, but there is an Art Museum in
Las Cruces and the
White Sands MissileRange is nearby, so Friday we drove the 50-something miles for a day trip.
Captain dropped
ABN downtown and headed to the missile museum. Guess what? The art museum
was closed! Downtown was very empty, one small art gallery was open, a very
large used book store, and that was about it; no “specialty shops” as mentioned
in the
tourist information booklet. What
to do but find the public library and wait for Captain to return. I must say it
is a very nice library.
Captain found the White Sands Missile Range museum to be
interesting.
Sunday we worshipped with the friendly folks at First United Methodist Church in Deming.
Love the adobe architecture.
The weather has been sunny with temperatures in the 60’s
during the day, 20s and low 30s at night; too cool and windy for bike riding.
Deming is a snow bird destination with
a lot of RV parks but not much else to offer. We are staying at Dream Catcher, an Escapees park just off I-10. At a park ice cream social yesterday
afternoon, we talked with a couple from Colorado; he is an 88-year old retired
military officer and she said she was younger, only 86. They bought their first
RV in 1969. With their son’s encouragement, they downsized a couple of years
ago from a Class A to a Class C. Apparently he has episodes of dizziness so she
usually drives. What the son doesn’t know, he too drives. Be careful out there, you never know who will be at the wheel of a
vehicle. And one never knows what one will find along the road, especially in open range territory.
Parked near us at Dream
Catcher was a newer version of The
Wanderer.
For most of you, that may seem a bit insignificant, so let
us explain. The Wanderer is made by Lazy Daze, a very small company in California;
we do not see many when we are traveling and when we do see one, we kind of get
excited.
Tomorrow we will drive to Bisbee, Arizona. You may recall
the post about our visit there two years ago. We are looking forward to another
week of music, art, hiking and hanging out at one of our favorite breweries.
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Saturday we woke to a nice, calm day with a brilliant blue
sky. After ABN’s yoga session
