Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - Travel Day to Red Canyon

Packed up and moved out of this spooky place, heading straight north to the Cibola NF, or at least a portion of it. I had discovered a horse camp that was only about an hour from Albuquerque, and couldn't understand why I hadn't found it before, except that I thought I remembered calling and either they didn't call back or they told me they didn't have a horse camp, I can't remember which. In any event, it was ideally located, but the only drawback was there wasn't any water there, so we stopped at the Ranger Station in Mountainair to pick up maps, and while we were there we filled out RV water tank as well as the 55 gallon drum for the horses, knowing that would be more than enough for two nights. The temperatures dropped a bit as we headed north, and the folks at the Ranger Station mentioned that they had had a "dusting" of snow up at the Red Canyon campground, so we were prepared for a cooler experience than where we had left. We arrived at the well-marked horse camp, which was only slated for RV's 22 feet in length on their website, but found a pull-through that was more than adequate for both our units, so I don't know where these numbers come from! Put the horses in each of their own 10X10 corral, realized there was no chance of a satellite signal, which didn't really matter as we had so much on DVR anyway, and were fully settled in by 4:00. The only unfortunate thing was that one of our dogs got into something that upset her stomach, and she wasn't up to eating dinner, which for her is unheard of. We were worried about her, but could only leave her to her own devices, namely eating grass and throwing up when it suited her. Went to bed concerned, but looking forward to a ride tomorrow.