When we got to Enchanted Trails RV Park, John discovered that he had left his water pressure regulator in Deming. We figured it had walked off by now but I placed a call to Dream Catcher RV Park anyway. It seems that our neighbor noticed the water pressure regulator on the hose bib and turned it in to the office. They knew the regulator was expensive and could quickly walk off so they took care of us - thank you neighbors. Whew! I had been in the area and never checked the hose bib (you can bet I will now) as John always told me that he put the regulator away first and then the hose but he did things out of sequence and it bit him. Oh well, live and learn. Anyway, Barbara in the office offered to mail us our regulator on Monday. We so greatly appreciate her offer and effort. We are going to make sure that not only is she reimbursed the amount of postage but a little something extra to say THANK YOU.
Enchanted Trails accepts all discount club cards so our site was half price which is nice. The sites are mostly side by side hook-ups (which we don't care for unless we are with friends) and close together. The sites seems awfully close together after all the room we had at Blackrock, Justin's and even Dream Catcher. I-40 is just across the Frontage Road so freeway access is easy. One word of warning, if you do want to stay here, don't listen to your GPS! It gets all screwy and will have you headed in the wrong direction. The noise of the freeway last night didn't bother either of us so we wouldn't have a problem staying here again for the price. The frontage road is part of historic Route 66. The owners have a couple of Hudsons and vintage travel trailers on display. From what I read, the Hudson's and vintage travel trailers were featured in a Route 66 video. Here are some shots John took:
Entrance to Enchanted Trail R.V. Park
After getting set up, we had a late lunch/early dinner (linner) at El Pinto, one of our favorite Mexican restaurants in Albuquerque. Well, worth going out of our way for and we weren't disappointed. El Pinto also sells very good salsa (Kroger, WalMart, Raley's/Bel Air and other stores). You might want to give them a try if you like jar salsa.
Today, we did a bit of shopping. The Whole Foods store in Albuquerque puts the two store locations in Tucson to shame. We also stopped at Trader Joe's to get some of the items we like that we know we won't have access to once we get back on the road. We also stopped at Smith's and since they are a Kroger store, we were able to use our Fry's card and get a 10 cent per gallon credit on our fuel purchase. Score!
Weather has been great here and we do enjoy the area. We need to plan on spending more time here as there is a lot to see and do. However, tomorrow is move on down the road day. Hopefully, the weather will continue to cooperate with us.
