Heron Lake State Park, New Mexico – Day 54

The motorhome is still parked at Heron Lake State Park about 20 miles south of Chama, New Mexico while I am recovering from my May 27th accident. To read about my recovery status, click this link…
http://otrwjam.wordpress.com/recovery-status-page/

I’ve been here for several weeks now and have photographed everything worth seeing within a 30 mile radius. One thing I do not seem to run out of is more beautiful sunsets…

Here are some photos that I took recently…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Enjoying beautiful sunsets is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

if you have not checked out my new Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…

http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
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Heron Lake State Park, New Mexico – Day 48

The motorhome is still parked at Heron Lake State Park about 20 miles south of Chama, New Mexico while I am recovering from my May 27th accident. To read about my recovery status, click this link…
http://otrwjam.wordpress.com/medical-condition-status-page/

A few days back I drove the Bronco over to the south (bottom) to neighboring (lower left) El Vado Lake. My current campsite is shown by the “X”.

Ib the past few days, I’ve shown photos from nearby El Vado Lake. Today I’ll conclude from El Vado Lake with this series of a kyacker…

Here are some photos that I took…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Enjoying beautiful lakes is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

if you have not checked out my new Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…

http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

Heron Lake State Park, New Mexico – Day 47

The motorhome is still parked at Heron Lake State Park about 20 miles south of Chama, New Mexico while I am recovering from my May 27th accident. To read about my recovery status, click this link…
http://otrwjam.wordpress.com/medical-condition-status-page/

A few days back I drove the Bronco over to the south (bottom) to neighboring (lower left) El Vado Lake. My current campsite is shown by the “X”.

Yesterday’s photos showed the Rio Chama as seen from the El Vado Lake Dam. Today’s photos are of Ospreys taken in that area…

Here are some photos that I took…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Enjoying beautiful birds is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

if you have not checked out my new Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…

http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

Heron Lake State Park, New Mexico – Day 45

The motorhome is still parked at Heron Lake State Park about 20 miles south of Chama, New Mexico while I am recovering from my May 27th accident.

More good news regarding my recovery. Yesterday, for the fifth day in a row, I managed to go without my elastic chest bandage for six hours. I continue taking Ibuprofen, icing my ribcage area 2-3 times a day. The doctors told me to expect 6-12 weeks for recovery. The accident occurred nine weeks and five days ago. Can you tell I’m ready for the recovery to be finished and be back on the road again?

A few days back I drove the Bronco over to the south (bottom) to neighboring (lower left) El Vado Lake. My current campsite is shown by the “X”.

Today photos of the dam that creates El Vado Lake,,,

Here are some photos that I took…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Enjoying beautiful lakes is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

if you have not checked out my new Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…

http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

Heron Lake State Park, New Mexico – Day 44

The motorhome is still parked at Heron Lake State Park about 20 miles south of Chama, New Mexico while I am recovering from my May 27th accident.

More good news regarding my recovery. Yesterday, for the fifth day in a row, I managed to go without my elastic chest bandage for six hours. I continue taking Ibuprofen, icing my ribcage area 2-3 times a day. The doctors told me to expect 6-12 weeks for recovery. The accident occurred nine weeks and five days ago. Can you tell I’m ready for the recovery to be finished and be back on the road again?

A few days back I drove the Bronco over to the south (bottom) to neighboring (lower left) El Vado Lake. My current campsite is shown by the “X”.

Yesterday I showed photos of El Vado Lake. Here are more today taken around the boat launch area…

Here are some photos that I took…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Meanwhile, back at Heron Lake, we had another beautiful sunset…

Enjoying beautiful lakes is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

if you have not checked out my new Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…

http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

Heron Lake State Park, New Mexico – Day 43

The motorhome is still parked at Heron Lake State Park about 20 miles south of Chama, New Mexico while I am recovering from my May 27th accident.

More good news regarding my recovery. Yesterday, for the third day in a row, I managed to go without my elastic chest bandage for six hours. I continue taking Ibuprofen, icing my ribcage area 2-3 times a day. The doctors told me to expect 6-12 weeks for recovery. The accident occurred nine weeks and three days ago. Can you tell I’m ready for the recovery to be finished and be back on the road again?

A few days back I drove the Bronco over to the south (bottom) to neighboring (lower left) El Vado Lake. My current campsite is shown by the “X”.

Here are some photos that I took…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Enjoying beautiful lakes is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

if you have not checked out my new Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…

http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

Heron Lake State Park, New Mexico – Day 41

The motorhome is still parked at Heron Lake State Park about 20 miles south of Chama, New Mexico while I am recovering from my May 27th accident.

More good news regarding my recovery. The accident happened nine weeks ago yesterday. As with everything I’ve done since the accident, I do slowly. Normally I remove my elastic bandage about 9:00 PM as I get ready to sleep. Yesterday, at 3:00 PM as I was readying to read for the afternoon, I decided to remove the elastic bandage, I tried this about two weeks ago and after five minutes, had to put the bandage back on. Anyways, I made it to bedtime with no elastic bandage with no apparent problems. Awakening this morning, I once again put the elastic chest bandage back on. I don’t want to push my luck. Perhaps at 3:00 PM today I’ll remove the bandage again.

I continue taking Ibuprofen, icing my ribcage area 2-3 times a day. The doctors told me to expect 6-12 weeks for recovery. The accident occurred nine weeks and one day ago today. Can you tell I’m ready for the recovery to be finished and be back on the road again?

Today I’m going to divert from showing photos of the area for two reasons…

First: I had totally forgotten about this until I accidentally stumbled across it yesterday. Some time last year I got an Email requesting permission to use one of my photographs in the 2012 Washington State Visitors Guide. The photo is of an old motorcycle at the Vintage Motorcycle Museum in Chehalis, Washington and appears on page 78 of the guide…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Here’s a close-up of the photo with my credit shown vertically on the right…

Pretty neat to have a photo in the Washington State Visitors Guide as I lived there for 16 years and just love that state!

Second: I’m pleased to announce the publishing of my new Ramblin’ Man’ Photo Blog where every day I will publish one of my favorite photos. What’s the sense of having lots of photos if no one gets to see them???

To get to my new Blog, simply click this link…

http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

If you like my new Blog, simple scroll down and click the Follow Button.

Okay, I’ll show you two photos taken about 45 minutes before sunrise yesterday morning…

And in the watercolor mode…

Enjoying the beauty and serenity of early morning is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
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Heron Lake State Park, New Mexico – Day 40

The motorhome is still parked at Heron Lake State Park about 20 miles south of Chama, New Mexico while I am recovering from my May 27th accident.

The poppings, with the associated pains, in my chest have finally stopped! My right ribcage area remains slightly swollen and tender to the touch. The mild, constant burning chest muscle remains. I recently started my morning walks once again. Every day a vigorous two-miles with moderate up and down hills. I believe it’s causing a slight increase in my chest muscle pain, but I also believe that it is more benefiting my general overall recovery. It feels good to be out walking again.

I continue taking Ibuprofen, icing my ribcage area 2-3 times a day and wearing an elastic bandage abound my chest. The doctors told me to expect 6-12 weeks for recovery. The accident occurred nine weeks ago today. Can you tell I’m ready for the recovery to be finished and be back on the road again?

A few days back I took the Bronco and drove through the hamlet of La Puente, New Mexico. La Puente in Spanish means The Bridge and this is where people long ago crossed the Chama River on a bridge that has long ago been washed away and not replaced.

Here are a few photo that I took…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Wandering through small hamlets is another joy of the full-time RVing lifestyle!

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

Heron Lake State Park, New Mexico – Day 39

The motorhome is still parked at Heron Lake State Park about 20 miles south of Chama, New Mexico while I am recovering from my May 27th accident.

The poppings, with the associated pains, in my chest have finally stopped! My right ribcage area remains slightly swollen and tender to the touch. The mild, constant burning chest muscle remains. I recently started my morning walks once again. Every day a vigorous two-miles with moderate up and down hills. I believe it’s causing a slight increase in my chest muscle pain, but I also believe that it is more benefiting my general overall recovery. It feels good to be out walking again.

I continue taking Ibuprofen, icing my ribcage area 2-3 times a day and wearing an elastic bandage abound my chest. The doctors told me to expect 6-12 weeks for recovery. The accident occurred eight weeks and six days ago today. Can you tell I’m ready for the recovery to be finished and be back on the road again?

A few days back I took the Bronco and drove through the hamlet of Los Ojos, New Mexico. Here are a few photo that I took…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Wandering through small hamlets is another joy of the full-time RVing lifestyle!

Oh by the way, we had another beautiful sunset last evening…

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust

Heron Lake State Park, New Mexico – Day 38

The motorhome is still parked at Heron Lake State Park about 20 miles south of Chama, New Mexico while I am recovering from my May 27th accident.

The poppings, with the associated pains, in my chest have finally stopped! My right ribcage area remains slightly swollen and tender to the touch. The mild, constant burning chest muscle remains. I recently started my morning walks once again. Every day a vigorous two-miles with moderate up and down hills. I believe it’s causing a slight increase in my chest muscle pain, but I also believe that it is more benefiting my general overall recovery. It feels good to be out walking again.

I continue taking Ibuprofen, icing my ribcage area 2-3 times a day and wearing an elastic bandage abound my chest. The doctors told me to expect 6-12 weeks for recovery. The accident occurred two months ago today. Can you tell I’m ready for the recovery to be finished and be back on the road again?

The view out of the dinette window of the motorhome remains the same day after day…that is the symmetry of the land, water and sky. However the patterns of the clouds and the surface patterns of the lake are constantly changing. The same is true with the colors of the land, water and sky…constantly changing. I can look out of the window one minute and then five minutes later and it’s all changed and different. This is especially true during sunsets. It’s an intriguing view…

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

Enjoying the constantly changing patterns and colors of nature is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

Yesterday a real good friend sent me an Email that said…”Recovering from a near fatal accident is one of the joys of the full-time RVing lifestyle!”

If you missed the Blog entry about the accident, you can click this link…

http://wp.me/pDCku-4Eh

To understand the full scope of this tragic accident, you need to read the several subsequent Bog entries.

Mary is still at her home in California. I hope to get her back by mid-August.

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
For more information about my three books, click this link:

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust