Saturday November 11th
Got off 9 am or so. Drove into Taos. Had breakfast then walked the town square which had a farmers market. It was Veterans Day so they were having some ceremonies for veterans. Then drove the Cimarron Canyon highway. Through Angel fire and Eagles nest. Eagles nest lake area beautiful but after fall colors quite brown. Would be awesome if green or fall colors. Then down the canyon. Many hikes to do along canyon but me still on crutches so no hiking.
Cimarron Canyon highway
Checked out the campgrounds which were ok but with plan to meet Kara and Christoff for dinner decided to stay at Ponil Campground in bustling town of Cimarron (not really :)). Explored Cimarron, very small and much of the businesses closed. Bought a knife for Calvin at the trading post.
Had dinner with Kara and Christoff at the St James Hotel and then back to camp.
Got a kick out of this for some reason. Noticed small yard with Deer inside fence, thought it was weird some one would keep Deer in such small area. Then had Deer jump out of Deer fence and exit. Effective electric fence eh?
Sunday November 12th
Left around 9:45am. Drove north on 64 to Raton then right turn. Had choice to go low at base of mesa or high. We took the high road: Johnson Mesa highway up and over mesa (8200 feet). Wanted to take the Cimarron high scenic highway but 25 miles is dirt so aborted. Ultimately ended up on on Highway 412 in Oklahoma panhandle. Was trying to get to Boiling springs state park but became apparent not going to make that, so then picked Beaver Dunes state park. However when we hit Guyman we stopped at Walmart for a brace and supplies and then it was nearly 5pm and getting towards dark. Got fuel and decided to stay in hotel. Stayed at Quality Inn. Had leftovers and ordered pizza (from Mazzio’s, not good) and then bedtime. Holly’s first night in a hotel, annoying pup as usual. Terra had a spa night. Please note our protective dog sheet on bed…we do try to do stealth dog in bed at dog friendly hotels.
