The Epic Trip - Across the USA with a Tramper ™

Chapter 2 - Taos to Carlsbad

We got up at crack of dawn on Thursday morning to be at the car park in Taos Pueblo by 7.30am (traveling with Peter still in bed!). We had a light breakfast in the motor home before touring Taos Pueblo with an Indian guide. The tragedy is that we have lost all the photos that we took at the Pueblo (inadvertently wiped) and we took some pretty good shots.

The Indians were quite happy for Peter to tour on his Tramper (including going in to their church) so it made it more enjoyable for him.

From Taos we drove to San Juan Pueblo where Dennis comes from. It’s a small reservation on the way to Santa Fe and although we took photos they were in the batch that were wiped off the disk.

Chapter 2 - Taos to Carlsbad

We stayed in an attractive RV park on the outskirts of the town where all motor home users had to be over the age of 55. Our first experience of Senior Community living.

We set off for Albuquerque the next morning and dropped in to visit Evelyn, Dennis’s sister, on our way through. We were headed for El Modelo which is the most famous ‘take away’ New Mexican food in the area.

We stayed the night at Isletas Lakes on an Indian reservation. What we hadn’t realised was the rail road was a couple of hundred yards from the site and because there was a level crossing there the trains hooted their horns at full volume as they approached, absolutely terrifying in the middle of the night! To make up for it the showers and loos were absolutely 5 star clean.

Chapter 2 - Taos to Carlsbad

Sunday morning we set off for Carlsbad, found and reserved a site in a RV park and then headed off for the caves. If any of you have been there you will know just how amazing they are. Words can hardly describe the size and beauty – it’s like entering a fairy tale world and the caves are absolutely ENORMOUS.

We took the Tramper down 750ft in the lift and negotiated the narrow paths around the cavern with a certain amount of nervousness in places but all went well and we had a wonderful visit..

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