Deming, New Mexico

Today’s drive was from Van Horn, Texas to Deming, New Mexico, a distance of 230 miles. We didn’t make any fuel stop but we had to drive through El Paso; we thought we were driving through just after 10:00AM but neglected to take into account the change to Mountain time so it was just after 9:00 and traffic was pretty heavy, not Chicago or Atlanta heavy but it was busy.

Because of the time change we arrived at the Dream Catcher RV Park just after 12:00 noon and checked in. This is the first Escapees RV Club park that we have stayed in so we wanted to make their social hour at 4:30PM; there were a few people there and we were the only new ones to make the meeting so we had a nice chat getting to know people. We did learn that Gila Cliff dwellings are closed due to flooding from the storms that came through here so we won’t be able to drive up there. We had planned to spend several days here but that will depend on the weather.

Our site at Dream Catcher.

Before social hour we got set up and then took KoKo for a four mile walk to Voiers city park and back; the park is actually a hole in the ground but there is an Amphitheater and a variety of walking trails. This evening the temperature is predicted to get down to the high 20s’ so we have rolled up the water hose for the night; ah Deming, where the altitude is high but the temperature is low.

Snow on the Florida Mountains near Deming.

A Roadrunner at Voiers Park in Deming.