City of Rocks S.P. New Mexico...ROCKS!!!

Wow what a find! A fellow camper in Bisbee told us about this state park so we looked it up (don't ya' just love the Internet?). Let's see...two young boys and a campground SURROUNDED by rocks...hmmm kinda' a no brainer heh?

The volunteers in the visitor center (very helpful guys) said site 10 was a really good one "it backs into the rocks and would be protected from the wind". "Once you back in there a ways, get out and look 'cuz you can keep going". Well, the wind was BLOWING us all the way from Bisbee so we decided to check it out. It is a developed site (fire ring, bbq, trash can and picnic table) but no electricity, water or sewer hookup. That's okay with us! We have 63 gallons of fresh water and an empty holding tank, let's go!

Well once we backed the trailer up the "drive way" and got to the rocks, we got out and examined the site. At first I (Robert) didn't see what they were talking about ("you can keep going") but then I did. Nestled between two LARGE boulders, was a level spot...just wide enough for the trailer I thought. I took their proclamation ("you can keep going") to be a personal challenge so I put the dually in four wheel drive low gear and cranked the wheel. The angle was so severe that the trailer tires on the street side, were actually pushing the dirt and hopping sideways instead of turning. Thank God we have the 4x4 as it allowed me to go slow enough and with enough power to get the trailer in the spot. After a little back and forth (sure hope we can get out!), we had it where we wanted it.

Then came the sideouts! I was pretty sure we had enough room for the main slide out (dining table and couch) but it was going to be close. You can see in the pictures just how close it came. That rock outside our window is about 8 inches away. We have a couple of feet on the other side so we're good.

Now on to the City of Rocks State Park. This place was formed by a volcanic eruption 30million years ago. Over time, erosion wore away much of the rock leaving these monolithic, Stonehenge-like rocks. We've had a blast climbing all over them before the rain hit us today (sure makes the rocks slippery, gotta make a note of that as soon as the bleeding stops). Baylee has been sniffing out cottontail rabbits like crazy and we've taken over 300 pictures in 24 hours. The sunset pictures were from last night. I'll say it again, you can't beat a desert sunset! It's started to snow as I'm typing this...wow the white stuff is following us from the Northwest! Joss just told the boys it's snowing. Robby's response was "In the desert, it's snowing?" We're going to flip on the furnance and get started on dinner. Until our next adventure...