Camp Oro Quay in Sandia Park, NM

After traveling through Oklahoma City and Amarillo we landed in a small town just over the border in New Mexico, Tucumcari.  This town is so very interesting as it primarily exists only because it is on Old Historic Route 66.  We stayed 2 nights and rode our bikes through this town awed by the 40+ hand painted murals and the windmill constructed at the Wind Research Center at the local community college.  If you can pull up information on how one is constructed and erected you will be amazed.  Just outside of Amarillo, TX we encountered approximately 50 miles of windmills all along the north side of I-40.  The cost of just one must be phenomenal - can't image 50 miles worth.

One of 40+ murals in Tucumcari, NM

Windmill at Wind Research Center in Tucumcari, NM

One week finished at Camp Oro Quay in Sandia Park, NM just outside of Albuquerque - 2 to go!  The men are retiling the boys bathroom in the boys dorm and the women have been pruning fruit trees, staining stalls to go back into the bathroom once the men finish the tiling project and working in various flower beds to divide bulbs and replant in new locations.  This camp is obviously finished as far as summer camps, now they are catering to schools for orientation days off campus and various weekend retreats.  The camp is definitely Southwestern flair with a western town for events and chuck wagons.  Animal hosts include chickens, goats, cows, pigs and of course donkeys for gold digging events! This camp is currently being operated by a second generation family.

John Davidson and Wayne laying tile

working in the flower beds

This coming Friday we will be meeting Sarah, Vince and Evangeline in Gallup, NM to pick up Evangeline so that she can experience camp for one week while her Mom & Dad have a much needed vacation before baby sister gets here in the dead of winter!  Then the first weekend in October will be the Annual Balloon Festival here in Albuquerque - from what we have been told words cannot describe the event.  Stayed tuned for pics.

We have also been able to ride our bikes the past 2 weekends along the Rio Grande River.

Would you believe we crossed over the river here with our horses?  You're right we did not!  RV crazy?!

Temps are getting lower at night and today we experienced hail & rain.  Winter's comin'.......hopefully  the next blog post will not include any other precipitation!  Till then.......