Today was a day of contrasts. We started with the lush mountains on the left. At Raton Pass (7834 feet) right, the border between CO and NM, the trees were all burnt from the recent fires. We then drove for miles with (next picture on the left) just pasture land and scrub brush for scenery. We paralleled the Rockies for most of the way.
We are at a KOA in Las Vegas, NM. Who knew there was another Vegas.
We do have a couple of little trees on our site to help hide from the sun. It was in the 90's but with real low humidity. Cooling off nice, it is low 80's and it is around 8pm.
Picture on left is a good representation of what the landscape is like here. Right is one of those windmills that you see on so many farms/ranches.
We did see quite a few deer in the pastures as well as cows and horses. Saw a unique sign up by Raton Pass for bear crossing. There is a fire ban in most of CO and here in NM, still very dry. I-25 is the old Santa Fe Trail so that is neat and Route 66 ran right through this campground at one time. Many big names lived here in the past, Doc Holliday, Jesse James, Billy the Kid and others I wasn't familiar with. This KOA serves dinner so I didn't have to cook tonight, happy birthday to me. Heading South again tomorrow, through Roswell so if you don't hear from us.....
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