{"id":439,"date":"2010-09-24T07:59:35","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T14:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/?p=439"},"modified":"2010-09-24T07:59:35","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T14:59:35","slug":"day-53-the-city-of-rocks-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/2010\/09\/24\/day-53-the-city-of-rocks-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 53 – The “City of Rocks” rocks!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sept 22nd
\n\"\"<\/a>We are full steam on our way home.\u00a0 We wish that the trip wasn’t ending but we are already looking forward to our next trip – a GMC Western States rally in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

We planned to have a pretty short day today because we only planned to get to the Deming, New Mexico from Carlsbad.\u00a0 Just south of Carlsbad is another national park called Guadalupe Mountains National Park.\u00a0 It seems to be primarily a hiking kind of place so we planned to just stop at the visitors’ center and take a short walk to the ruins of a Butterfield Stagecoach stop dating to the mid-1800’s.\u00a0 The park is really scenic but the weather didn’t cooperate and there was a low fog that hid the mountains pretty well and even made driving a problem for a while.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Like the first night of the trip we are spending our last night in a New Mexico state park.\u00a0 On the way out of the Southwest on August 1st we spent our first night at Elephant Butte State Park in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico and loved it.\u00a0 Tonight we will spend the night at the City of Rocks State Park near Faywood, New Mexico.\u00a0 It was a little off of our planned route but Carol really wanted to go and that is all it took for me to want to go too.\u00a0 City of Rocks State Park is a place she remembers from her youth in Las Cruces, New Mexico where she lived from age 7 to age 14.\u00a0 It was a place to stop for a picnic on the way to her mother’s twin sister’s house in Bayerd, New Mexico near Silver City.\u00a0 The park has a nice campground that is located less than 100 yards outside the rock city.\u00a0 It is easy to walk among the rocks and is extremely scenic.\u00a0 We are glad that we drove the extra 30 miles off of I-10.<\/p>\n

Here is a slide show of the day’s photos – don’t forget to click the little square at the bottom right.\n\n

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