Sunday, July 1, 2012

Trip to Las Vegas, NM

One of the beautiful drives we had been told about was Hwy. 518 so we left early (approx. 300 miles round trip).IMG_3423

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Besides the beautiful rock formations and huge trees we say many old buildings.  This barn of stone has been repaired with cinder block.

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We stopped at Morphie Lake State Park

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but no site here would handle large RVs.  People were enjoying tent camping and fishing.  No one reported any catches.

Then on to Storrie Lake State Part at Las Vegas were we also stopped.

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Liked the pavilions at the developed camp sites.

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Then a stop at the Las Vegas Visitors Center at the old train station.

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Coming back north from Las Vegas on Hwy. 434 we saw Victoria’s Ranch and stopped.  We missed the last tour at 3 PM but they were very friendly and allowed us to see the Alpacas and told us about the operation.  They have 360 alpacas and 6 lamas.  The lamas are used to protect  the other farm animals from preditors.  The day before they had sheared 306 animals to make yarn for knitting and weaving. 

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