Kala and I departed COS with the Crusher Too & BC20X in light snow after prepping for a 10 day outing, toward the Rio Grande River in south TX. It'd be our longest adventure together; can we take it and each other in close quarters? Yep!
We got over Raton Pass without much precipitation. Our first stop except for gas was the in the Pecos Canyon St Pk in Terroro CG where we had a rez right on the Pecos River. It was gorgeous but a little confusing and unmarked up in the canyon with a number of private spots and state park campground and precious few signs ~ but we made it on a cool day. I was stoked to see a number fly fishermen trying their hand on the Pecos but no one was catching. We had the required campsite rez but we were the only folks there.
Setting camp was no problem, just totting the generator outside. I didn't unhook since this stop was mainly a rest before driving to southern NewMex. We ate inside and ran the heat and generator all night long. We awoke to 5" of new fallen snow!
The roads were not impacted despite the precip and we quickly were on our way after berries breakfast and Nespresso travel coffees. We headed straight south through Truth Or Consequences and stopped to taste at the T∨C Brewery, we liked their Buckhorn IPA best ~ it was the 1st recipe at T∨C when founded 25 years ago! We scored a crowler to have when at our next site, Leasburg Dam St Pk near Las Cruses.
We arrived and set up camp with a city water hookup and 30amp electric... the St Pk was nice, as was our site... this time there were plenty of other campers around and the weather was much nicer. We were near the Rio Grande and decided to hike down to it and along the rim on the Mogollon Trail (yeah, not the one we know in AZ). It was a fine hike but the canal could not have been swum and the Rio Grande was not mighty. The terrain was a lot like Arizona; that's no problem as we are fans.
Back at camp with our first real hike of the trip completed we cracked the Buckhorn and another homage to New Mexico, the latest experimental Project Dank, Jupiter Edition, from La Cumbre. Let's go.
We made great burgers under our cover and out of the wind. We slept well but did continue to run the furnace this evening.
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