Month: October 2021

Caballo State Park – T or C, NM – Tuesday October 19, 2021

This is why we moved south.

At Cochiti the forecast is:

A couple of hundred miles south

Home on wheels we might as well be warm. In previous years we would travel without reservations or a day or two ahead. This year I set down while at Cochiti and made reservations through the middle of November when we have to start looking at the weather in the California mountains.

Caballo State Park – T or C, NM – Monday October 19, 2021

This blog is going up a little at a time. I wrote it once and it would not upload, that usually means something is wrong with one of the pictures. I’ll do the text then go back and upload the pictures.

This is our drive south looking for warmer weather.

We have been here several times before and enjoy the large sites. Currently plan to stay for two weeks and will be in three sites. The first one is site 30 until Friday.

Our view

Done , uploaded one picture at a time.

Cochiti Lake CG and – Saturday October 16, 2021

We moved to site 64 today. It has been cold the last few days and we have used more propane than we usually do this time of year. Moved to a site with electricity so we will not run out of propane.

I spent a lot of time today mapping out the remaining days of this outing. We need to be back at the big house by November 22. Camp grounds are busier than past years and weekends are a significant challenge. I think I have a plan for every day except November 5 & 6.

Cochiti Lake CG and Dam – Monday October 11, 2021

This campground is 50 north of Albuquerque and a good place to get some sleep and decide where to go next. In site 39 with no electric and freezing at night. I did something wrong when I tried to book a site a couple of months ago. It looked to me as if I could not book a site after September 30. When we got here the host said the reservation system ends on October 15, oh well.

Site 39

The drive.

Balloon Fiesta – Albuquerque, NM – Sunday October 10, 2021

Balloon pictures and videos.

Below are some of the videos I took during the Fiesta.

Glowing Balloons

Burning Propane

Balloons and Snoopy

Inflating and Competing, in the second half of this video the balloons into the field. They have to go out at least one mile from this launch field and fly back to drop bean bags into a boat or squares on the ground.

Balloons In The RV Park

Several Balloons In The Sky