Overnight there’s a bit of rain but we awaken to cloudy skies. We move to an electric site today at the same place. Last night was just a parking spot. The space we are moving to is currently occupied so we do chores around the camper in the morning. Wells works on the camper heater which has a sail switch that is giving us issues. Midday we can move into the new spot and now it’s time to head out and have fun as the rain begins.
Driving the few miles to White Sands National Monument and it raining a bit harder. With the wind we need to bundle up topped with raingear. The Visitor Center is closed but the park is fully open. Starting today the National Park Service is waiving all entry fees so people can get out and enjoy the out of doors. There are only a few dozen cars and trucks in the park as we drive the loop among the bright white sand dunes. We opt for a couple of short walks, first along a boardwalk into the dunes then a Nature Trail. Marsha falls into her element reading each and every interpretive sign. At the end she gives a review on how well they did and who is the target demographic. Wells gets in a bit of photography but it is tough with the wind and rain.
After our walk we are both cold and wet. Everything is wet. We head to town and gather a few supplies. Wells picks up a pair of gloves to use when fueling the truck. We stop at a place with a huge replica of a pistachio. To believe the signage it is the world’s largest pistachio. Of course we took a couple of photos. Not much bandwidth here so hopefully we’ll remember to upload one of them later.
Dinner consists of hot veggie soup clearing out much of our assortment of veggies. This helps with warming us up for the evening as we hit the hay early.
In the morning the rain stops and the clear skies allow the temperature to drop. The trailer has cooled to an even 50 degrees so we turn on the heat which thanks to yesterday works well. It takes hardly anytime to heat our trailer. Next we pack our rig and head to our next stop, Deming, New Mexico.
Seeing North America 