Saturday, March 14, 2020 Nice drive to Carlsbad, NM

We go up and around and made preparations to leave. We left the RV park about 10:30 AM. It was a lovely day to ride around in the RV. The temperature was great and the sun was shining most of the day. We planned to go to Carlsbad and wait for the kids to arrive so we could do some touring.

Leaving Fort Davis

Spring Green Trees

More trees showing signs of Spring

And the road goes on

Pastel Colors

My favorite   - a Windmill at Balmorhea, TX

Near Van Horn, TX (the dark blue at the top is from the tint on the RV Windshield)



Near Van Horn, TX

We stopped at Van Horn, Texas for gas, then drove on to Carlsbad.

We passed Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The highest mountain in Texas resides in its boundaries. We didn't stop, because we have been there many years ago.

This looks like a great hideout!

New Mexico Welcome sign!

We were one day early for our reservations, so I picked out another place to stay. It was a Good Sam Park- Carlsbad RV Park and Campground. It was the most expensive place we have stayed. Of course it was a gravel lot (not a bit of grass to be found) and the lady who checked us in, wasn't the greatest. They issued us a keycard for the gate, because at 7:00 PM they lock the entrance gate.....Uh Oh. So I wondered if there was a crime problem here. Anyway we got set up and walked a bit. Then we drove the pickup over to the park where we had reservations. It was a gravel parking lot with a high fence and also did not look appealing. We checked another park - (Buds Place RV Park), but their office was closed for the week-end, that's a new one on me. I thought most RV Places were definitely open on week-ends. I checked on the KOA - but it was 15miles north of town. A little too far. Then we decided to find a place to eat. That didn't go well either, and finally we ate a salad at Wendy's.

We returned to the RV and contemplated the situation. We called Kristi and finally decided it might be best if we just headed home due to all the mess arising from COVID-19. I had even read that Carlsbad Caverns might stop giving tours - if that happened, the kids wouldn't enjoy coming out and Kristi was still a little under the weather from a UTI. It would be a long drive and very disappointing 
if the Cavern tour was discontinued.