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El Vado State Park – New Mexico Day 6 (GA213)

 Mary is no longer available for RV traveling, but we remain good friends.
Because we have 4,000+ postings, I’ve invited her to continue posting entries on this blog.
I’m currently in my 22nd year of full-time RVing and my lifestyle is changing, For more info click Here

The motorhome is parked at Mary’s home in Murphys, California. I am scheduled to depart November 27th. While here, I’ll be doing cleaning, routine maintenance and minor repairs to both vehicles.

 

 

Since my RVing life is changing (see above), I’m starting to re-visit previously visited places. So rather than constantly re-blogging past entries, I’ve decided to do something different.

 

 

In 2011-2013, Mary and I did a 682 day, 12,679 miles in the motorhome and 8,000 miles in the Bronco, circumnavigation of the United States, which I called The Great Adventure. I called it so because other than my oldest granddaughter’s high school graduation in June in Connecticut, I didn’t know where we would be going or when we would be there!

 

 

So, unless I do something really different and unusual warranting a new blog entry, I’ll be posting entries from that trip.

This entry was posted August 23, 2012…

 

 

The motorhome is currently parked at El Vado State Park about 30 miles south of Chama, New Mexico.

 

 

This morning I will return the motorhome to Heron Lake State Park.

 

 

How about some dramatic El Vado Lake sunset photos?

 

 

 

 

 

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 dramatic sunsets over lakes is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

 

 

To read about my recovery status, click this link… https://otrwjam.wordpress.com/recovery-status-page/

 

 

While I’m recovering, Mary remains at her home in California tending to doctor’s appointments, her rentals and other miscellaneous business.

 

 

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/

 

 

 

 

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! MARY WROTE A MANY GREAT BLOGS…SO WHENEVER SHE PUBLISHED A BLOG POSTING THE SAME DAY THAT I DID…YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ HER BLOG BY CLICKING THE BELOW LINK! DO IT NOW…!!!

 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed the photos!

Forecast for today is mostly cloudy and 63 degrees.

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

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of California. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

 

united-states-mapmurphys

 

 

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures with low humidity most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein
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My current travel rig is a 2006 Fleetwood 26′ Class A Motorhome and a towed 1986 Ford Bronco II, Eddie Bauer Model. This photo was taken at Rogue River, Oregon in October, 2017…

On October 27, 2012, I created a two-minute video titled America The Beautiful. The music America The Beautiful is by Christopher W. French. The photos, which I randomly selected, are from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia (not shown in that order)…are mine. Yup, That’s me standing in front of the Post Office in Luckenbach, Texas…Y’all!

Click this link to start the video. Make sure you have your speakers turned on and go to full screen asap. http://youtu.be/FfZUzEB4rM8
If you would like to see my YouTube videos, click this link… http://www.youtube.com/user/JimJ1579/videos
There are more than 700 photo albums in my Picasa Web Albums File. To gain access, you simply have to click this link… https://get.google.com/albumarchive/110455945462646142273?source=pwa
If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/
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All original works copyrighted – Jim Jaillet 2017
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El Vado Lake State Park, New Mexico – Day 6

The motorhome is currently parked at El Vado State Park about 30 miles south of Chama, New Mexico.

This morning I will return the motorhome to Heron Lake State Park.

How about some dramatic El Vado Lake sunset photos?

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 dramatic sunsets over lakes is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

To read about my recovery status, click this link… https://otrwjam.wordpress.com/recovery-status-page/

While I’m recovering, Mary remains at her home in California tending to doctor’s appointments, her rentals and other miscellaneous business.

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

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El Vado State Park, New Mexico – Day 3

Who knows why? My Internet signal disappeared for about 24 hours, but now it’s back and so am I.

The motorhome is currently parked at El Vado State Park about 30 miles south of Chama, New Mexico.

It’s nice and quiet here. Very peaceful…

I don’t believe I’ve previously identified Heron Lake (upper right) is a “no wake” lake, hence you will not speeding boats like shown in the below El Vado Lake ohotos (lower left). I’ll return to Heron Lake on Thursday.

Here are some photos I took yesterday…

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…

Another view of my campsite…

Behind which I sit under this shade tree to read and take photos…

This is the view from my chair…

From which I can take photos like these…

All of the above photos were taken on Saturday. There were only a couple of boats on Sunday and there are none on weekdays.

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

To read about my recovery status, click this link… https://otrwjam.wordpress.com/recovery-status-page/

While I’m recovering, Mary remains at her home in California tending to doctor’s appointments, her rentals and other miscellaneous business.

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

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El Vado State Park, New Mexico – Day 2

The motorhome is currently parked at El Vado State Park about 30 miles south of Chama, New Mexico.

It’s nice and quiet here. Very peaceful.

Here are some photos I took yesterday…

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…

I saw two things yesterday morning I haven’t seen in a long while.

First, black tail deer 10 feet in front of the motorhome windshield. This happened really fast, they were moving  and it was still quite dark, hence the poor quality photos…

and also FOG…at 6:30  AM…

Then at 8:30 AM…

And then the fog all gone at 10:30 AM…

To read about my recovery status, click this link… https://otrwjam.wordpress.com/recovery-status-page/

While I’m recovering, Mary remains at her home in California tending to doctor’s appointments, her rentals and other miscellaneous business.

Enjoying beautiful lakes in early morning 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

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El Vado State Park, New Mexico – Day 1

Yesterday I moved the motorhome the about 30 miles from Heron Lake State Park to El Vado State Park about 30 miles south of Chama, New Mexico.

When you buy a New Mexico annual state park camping permit, it is subject to the following provisions: you may stay in a park for three weeks, if you desire to return to the same park you must leave for six days before you can return. I understand and accepted those provisions when I bought the pass.

If you are new to this Blog, you may not know that I was substantially injured in a tragic accident on May 27th and have been in a recovery mode since that time. If you are not familiar with the accident you may view it by clicking this link… http://wp.me/pDCku-4Eh
To understand the full scope of the accident you will need to also view the several subsequent Blog entries.

Needing to recover, shortly after the accident, I retreated to the New Mexico State Park system to recover from my injuries and reach a higher elevation to escape the oppressive heat. I ended up at Heron Lake State Park. Shortly after my arrival, I explained my predicament to the folks in charge there and because they are compassionate people, they allowed me to stay beyond the three-week period. In my condition I really ought not to be driving the motorohome.

Anyways, to make a long story short, apparently a  heartless bureaucrat in the New Mexico State Park system happened to see my Blog entries and I was told I had to leave the Heron lake Park for the six-day period. Hence the move to El Vado State Park. The below Google Earth image shows the relative locations involved. The upper right X was my location at Heron Lake. The lower left X indicates my current location at El Vado Lake State Park. The way the crow files there is only 5.5 miles between the two campgrounds, but because of the local land configurations, one must go back to Highway 64 before heading for El Vado Sate Park making the driving distance between the two locations about 30 miles…

Because it is further out in the toolies, EL Vado State Park is not as busy as Heron Lake State Park.

Here are some photos I took upon my arrival yesterday…

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…

This is the view from the dinette window…

My camping spot…

This location allows me to leave the Bronco attached…

An afternoon thunderstorm approaching…

The sun sets behind this mountain so there will be no beautiful sunset photos from this location like there is at Heron Lake State Park…

To read about my recovery status, click this link… https://otrwjam.wordpress.com/recovery-status-page/

While I’m recovering, Mary remains at her home in California tending to doctor’s appointments, her rentals and other miscellaneous business.

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

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