Wednesday, May 15-Friday, May 17

We’re passing through Taos and stop to walk around a bit. It’s our first time here and I’m pleasantly surprised. I thought this town would have an expensive, touristy vibe, but it’s actually an interesting place.

All kinds of artists live and work here. This statue is pretty amazing, right?

I read about this park in a National Geographic guidebook. In addition to a lake, excellent fishing, hiking trails and a well-maintained campground, the park is home to a Dinosaur Trackway site where there are more than 500 tracks from four different species of plant-eating and meat-eating dinos. These tracks were left along the shore of an ancient ocean more than 100 million years ago. The tracks were exposed during the construction of the dam at Clayton Lake and were revealed when the lake over-flowed into the dam’s spillway after a big storm in 1982.

After being totally fascinated by these tracks we took a hike on a trail at one end of the lake. We heard so many different kinds of birds! My Merlin app identified them, but they were very difficult to spot in the cottonwood trees.

We drove into the little town of Clayton for dinner and were treated to this work of art on the way there.

And this display on the way back. Our last night of camping until later on this summer! We have really enjoyed every place we stayed and can’t wait for the next trip.

Homeward Bound

Friday, May 17-Sunday, May 19

Friday May 17-we start for North Carolina. Friday night, we made it to Checotah, Oklahoma after a day of driving past feed lots, pastures, hayfields, grain silos and windfarms. And those lovely skies.

Saturday, May 18-we stop for the night in Crossville, Tennessee, and on Sunday we have a chance to meet our friend Jennifer for lunch in Asheville, NC. We arrive at Barrett and Bryce’s house in Hillsborough, NC Sunday night.

Today is Wednesday, May 22 and I am writing this at B and B’s. It’s a really good time to be here with family. We will visit Tim, Li and our grandson Eli in Durham this weekend, then spend time with my sister Tricia next week. We expect to arrive at home in Belfast, Maine on Tuesday, June 4-gotta get the garden in and catch up with our friends!

Thanks for reading about our adventures-God willing there will be many more to come.