Mar 31 Thurs - From Alamogordo to Carlsbad

Mar 31 Thurs, Day 73 - Sunny & hot

Getting ready to pull out so I unhooked services & we hooked up the car. When we arrived at this campground, we were told that they charged 15 cents a kilowatt for usage over 20 KW per day. I checked the metre and over the 3 days/nights we used a total of 25 KW of our allotted 60 KW’s. In addition to the usual things, lights, microwave etc., during our stay, we used the AC for a few minutes one day, the heater one evening & the fantastic fan all one day, so it’s good to know we used so little power with all that. We pulled out and drove only a mile or so to the Pistachio Tree Ranch for pistachio nut tasting & wine tasting. Needless to say we ended up getting some of each. We pulled out of there at 11:30 at 137877 km. We started up hill passing a community oddly named “High Rolls”, at 6750 feet. Then we had to climb up & over the local ski hill, (apparently it is the most southern ski resort in the US – in Cloudcroft NM), at an elevation of 8650 feet. Cloudcroft is a quaint town with lots of old wooden buildings. Down the other side & stopped for lunch on the side of the road, (137878km 12:30 to 1:20), then onward & into the Carlsbad RV Park at 3:45 @ 138110km. On route we passed an outdoor thermometer in town which read 82 F at 3:30. They have an indoor swimming pool here so we both went for a dip before supper, then an evening of TV, they have cable here, & computer.