Teams Location: Elephant Butte State Park, South Monticello Unit, New Mexico
The OFM Teams rolled about 0755 this morning without a
clear objective. All the Teams were
arguing. The boots wanted one way, the fishing equipment another way, the bike
another way and on and on. Suddenly the Truck decided for us all. The dash communication screen popped up the
message that it is time for an oil change. My equipment needs usually come
first so we headed for Elephant Butte.
It was an under three hour tow which was also nice. On top of everything
else John is in Elephant Butte and he is usually fun to visit. Check his blog out at http://travlinwithjohn.blogspot.com/
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The Team rolled in to the campground and was set up a
little before lunch. That was wonderful to
have such a short trip for a change. We were surprised at the number of rvs
here in the campground already, but we still had our choice of over twenty
sites. Number 14 got the nod this time.
And next is the normal door view that the Teams have to
put up with.
After lunch the Truck and OFM ran over to Wal-Mart to get
the oil changed. The wait was to be two
hours so we decided to go back tomorrow.
That silly OFM then reached for his cell phone that he had put on the
dining table to help remember to bring it with him. Naturally it was still in
great condition waiting on the dining table back at the Castle. So the Truck
talked the OFM into just going over to where John is camped. We did and John was home. He greeted us
warmly and a long great session of visiting was on and running.
If the chores for tomorrow work out decently John and the
OFM will be headed out for adventure at a location the John knows for lunch and
maybe a little devilment too.
On return to the Castle my body insisted that we take a
walk late in the evening. The
temperature was decent until about 1200 when we turned the AC on. Then the temps had moderated so much that by
2030 the AC was off and the windows open again. Man it is nice out here in the desert.
As the walk around the campground and close by desert was
progressing there was a cute yellow flower waving in the wind and shouting “take
my picture please”. By now you know that the OFM cannot resist taking a pretty
flower’s picture.
The flower was very pleased and said “Thank you very
much. I hope I show up in your blog”.
How that flower knew the OFM had a blog is beyond me.
On down the road was another new to me seed style. It is like small beads on a stem. They are on a stem that waves in the wind
with vigor and makes taking a picture difficult.
Apparently this is a “see the seeds” walk because there
was another set of seeds that caught my attention. These are very fuzzy seeds and a few yellow
flowers. The bush was about three feet
tall and around.
I have to thank GrannyJ once again for teaching me how to
actually look carefully as I meander around an area. She left us way too soon.
With the evening gentle breeze being so pleasant, a cup
of coffee was enjoyed under the shade shelter on the bench. And so ends another great day of trying to
have tooooo much fun. TheOFM.
The view out your door is very pleasing. All the flowers are pretty too and Wal mart is a great place to get an oil change. I started using them, most of the time, when my son worked for them years ago. He's a Pastor now so he's not doing oil changes anymore.
ReplyDeletePretty flowers and seeds. You better cut back on all the egg plant and beets you are eating, you are turning purple. At least your hand looks purple on my laptop. Different shades depending on how I tilt the screen. Keep on having too much fun.
ReplyDeleteYou can never go wrong taking photos of flowers. They are marvels when you consider all that beauty comes from a tiny seed!
ReplyDeleteNita