Heron Lake State Park, New Mexico – Day 21

As a holder of the New Mexico Annual Camping Permit (non-resident $225), I can stay up to three weeks in a park, which I have been doing here at Heron Lake. My three weeks are up today, so I’m obligated to move. There are two major factors which I need to consider regarding the move. I need to stay at higher elevations in order to stay in decent weather temperatures. In addition, I need to minimize my physical movements to aid in my accident recovery. My best maneuver at this time is to move to El Vado Lake State Park. The way the crow flies it’s less than ten miles, but driving will require about 30 miles. I’ll move there today.

I still need more rest and recuperation from my May 27th accident. My right ribcage area remains slightly swollen and tender to the touch. I’m still experiencing the occasional popping in my chest with the associated mild burning pain. I remain 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 six weeks and two days ago.

I’ve been here almost three weeks and have pretty much visited all areas of Heron Lake for photography purposes. So I moved over to adjacent El Vado Lake. Here’s a Google image the show the relative locations. The pin shows my campsite location at Heron Lake. El Vado Lake is to the lower left.

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…

Yesterday I showed some photos of the El Vado Lake Peninsula…the three mile-long finger of land starting from the top of the lake. The peninsula gives the lake a “V” shape. I took enough photos to call today’s blog entry…El Vado Lake Peninsula – Day 2. Once again…take notice how drastically low the lake is due to a several year-long drought…

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

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We Depart Farmington, New Mexico…Separately…

We arrived here yesterday afternoon and parked in a free downtown parking lot…

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…

Kind of neat to find a large, free parking area a very short distance from the Main Street…

Mary’s Albuquerque Airport Shuttle will park directly in front of our motorhome at 6:45 AM this morning and depart at 7:00 AM…

The was the view from our dinette window…

Mary is returning home to California to host a July 4th family reunion and attend to other business,,,I hope to get her back by August 1st.

It was 96 degrees here yesterday at 5,200 feet of elevation, so I’ll be taking the motorhome to higher ground for cooler temperatures. I’ll be driving the about 130 miles to Heron Lake State Park at 7,200 feet of elevation where the temperature was 81 degrees yesterday.

I’m expecting to stay there a couple of weeks to continue my rest and recuperation from out May 27th accident. From there, who knows…except I’ll be seeking those cooler temperatures.

All original material Copyright – Jim Jaillet 2012
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