Deming, NM

Drove through Marfa to El Paso where we overnighted at a Harvest Host -Three Missions Brewery (where I had a Barbie beer). We then arrived at the Dream Catcher SKP RV Park in Deming, NM. It's a big gravel parking lot right off I10. There's not only some road noise but lots of trains that run along I 10. There's hardly anyone here. Maybe 25% full. It's sad to think that this was such a thriving park that mom and Dad stopped at many times. Escapees sold their club last year and are now selling all the parks which I think might be part of why it's so empty. We did go to the ice cream social with about 10 other people and then watched Die Hard in the clubhouse with about half a dozen of them.

I have been sad about the SKP sale. Escapees was a connection that I had with Mom and Dad. They shared their love of it with me and we joined then. They made so many friends and had their own community with the escapees. We were an escapee discount Park for 11 years. It's like another part of me is gone. I'm sure I'll experience a lot more of those feelings as I age.

I read Mom's journal about her first time here in 2000. We visited two subdivisions they looked at, and I thought of Mom each time we went to Wal Mart knowing that she walked through those same aisles all those years ago. We went to the Museum in town (Las Mimbres) which she mentioned was a must see... It has so much stuff in it that it was a bit overwhelming. We also visited the City of Rocks State Park 30 minutes north which has a really cool campground with the sites tucked in amongst the giant boulders. Then we headed to Silver City, NM to get ice cream and coffee (chai latte for me). That town is in the hills which we both really liked. There's a lot in New Mexico that I would like to come back and see sometime. We talked to a couple from MN that converted a Red Cross ERV into a camper. I think we both have thought that something like that might work for us (after cats). Speaking of cats, we stopped at Wal Mart and bought Purina one sensitive stomach food to add to the cat food as there's still way too much puking going on here.Read more