Alamogordo

Small little KOA which, like Alamogordo itself, is nothing special except for it's extraordinary surroundings. They did make a fine effort, however, with their Thanksgiving front drive decorations. You can glimpse the sunset on the surrounding mountains behind Gordon and the geezer-mobile.

As we were setting up the geezer-mobile, we were greeted by a grizzled old gent with a large belly, a gravelly voice and a cheerful grin. He appeared to be the most long-standing guest resident. He introduced himself as Bob and welcomed us to the campground. He pointed out his trailer, and warned us to watch out for his killer attack dogs. “They’ll LICK ya to death!”

In the morning I was able to get a photo of him in a lively conversation with two other residents, the killer attack pups, and his rescue plastic ghost holding a jack-o-lantern.Read more