Snuggled in The Rocks!

This week we're at City of Rocks State Park north of Deming New Mexico.  This is a delightful find: incredible tufa towers (a soft volcanic rock) with RV sites nestled in among them; grand desert vegetation including some of the most awesome yucca I've ever seen; lots of wildlife, especially birds -- the Chihuahuan Raven and Rock Wren are very entertaining; an observatory which hosts special events (the night skies are reputed to be some of the darkest in the country so there's great star/galaxy viewing - camping sites are named for the constellations); spectacular sunsets; miles of hiking/biking trails; botanical garden; nice clean toilets and FREE showers; all very well-maintained and quite a bargain for $10/night.  That's New Mexico for ya!  After we got here we tried to get our site for another week, but too bad, it's booked! This place is on our 'come back' list.  If you've been here you know what I'm talking about, if not be sure to stop by when you're driving across southern New Mexico.

These pictures are of our Sundance -- note the Sundance doing a Sun Dance ;-) -- nestled in the rocks, many taken from one of the hiking trails, last night's sunset, and a raven scolding me for taking his picture!