Down to BLM Campground, Datil, NM

Can you spot the library (off left)?

It was our highest mileage day: 22 miles to the BLM campground, mostly downhill, still enough to kick our butts. We encountered the most beautiful country yet. The road to Datil followed a wooded canyon. We stopped frequently just to take it in.

Our campsite.	Cougina, Jack, Rima.
Another stock drive rest stop.	GoToMeeting home.

The BLM campground is another well-kept secret. Tended by Jack and Rima, the kindest people you could meet, who have travelled the world themselves and have their own stories to tell. The camp is nestled in empty, wooded hills, has plenty of good well water, green firewood (which C can somehow get burning), spotless outhouses, and soft tent pads. The big surprise was Wi-Fi and electricity! There is a new log building where we were able to hold our video meeting, even though it had been raining outside. So lovely that we are staying extra days, getting our videos uploaded, relaxing, recuperating, and cooking a big batch of sloppy joes to fuel the ride. The meat came from the little store in Datil that has its own butcher shop for the meat counter and the adjacent restaurant.

Yesterday evening, Jack and Rima even hosted a little evening get-together for Keith and Judy, another couple in the campground, and us. They said it wouldn't be much, but Rima had even made flan in dessert glasses. What a treat for bicycle tramps! Life is very good.

THINK GREEN
BLESSED BE
AGGIE and COUGINA