As in our last trip to the desert early in this year, if this is the desert, it must be raining. We trundled down the I-25, bidding farewell to Colorado and hello again to New Mexico. Lots of antelope along the way. Our first ever bear crossing sign in the high pass. As we headed south, the lovely, sunny day became windy, and dark clouds gathered over the mountains to the west. The dark blue line of clouds started with lightening, a little hailstone activity, some big rain, and then settled into light rain. We set up in our spot, Kirk & Nancy hit the dog park, and the steady, medium rain settled in for the evening. A squall line moving north slightly west of Santa Fe was accompanied by tornado warnings. I thought the whole thing about deserts was that they were dry?
Bird sighting of the day was a large flock of Sandhill Cranes, thermaling, north of Las Vegas (NM, not Nevada). We will get better at pictures, I promise.
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Even just the maps are great. BTW I think marijuana is legal here now!
Tropical storm Patricia is tracking into Mexico's west coast this weekend, supposed to be a hurricane at land fall. keep an eye out for her, eh?
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