Thursday, February 26, 2009

Still Refreshing Our Memories!

From Caballo Lake State Park we traveled a scenic highway through Lincoln, New Mexico to get to Bottomless Lakes State Park near Roswell. A red semi passed us on our journey!
We stopped along the way to get more geocaches. Maybe you have noticed our numbers are increasing. One stop was the rest area dedicated to Billy the Kid and others of his time.
We all walked around and stretched before traveling to Roswell.
We had a good time at Bottomless Lakes State Park. We even went back to Roswell to eat in the UFO that is McDonald's. We forgot to take the camera! Oh, well, we had a good time anyway!
We stayed at Bottomless Lakes a few days before heading to Brantley Lake State Park north of the town of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Our site overlooked the lake.
Christopher and DeAnna enjoyed the Living Desert Zoo in Carlsbad. We went to story hour, then explored the zoo. There were some great artifacts for them to put examine.
DeAnna tried the cow horns.
Christopher liked the deer antler.
The animals at the Living Desert Zoo are ones that have been injured and cannot live in the wild. We saw bears, bison, elk, javelina, prairie dogs, tortoises, mountain lions, Mexican wolves, and a porcupine. In the aviary we got a picture of an injured roadrunner.
We had a wonderful time and were looking forward to going to the caverns when Bobby and Cathy arrived on Saturday.

Of course the campground had not one, but two playgrounds which we visited often. The blue slides were perfect for races!
More about Artesia and Carlsbad in the next post!

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