Rockhound State Park

Deming, New Mexico - Partly sunny skies, high 55, low 40s

This park is so quiet and peaceful we decided to stay another night.  If you're looking for dark, star-lit skies and extreme quiet, this is the place for you.  You can visit http://friendsofrockhound.org/ for events, education and sharing.

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This morning we each did our own thing.  Denis washed the car and coach because of all the dust storms we drove through to get here.  I had a good yoga practice, did some weight bearing exercises and tried out my new jump rope.  Jumping rope was a lot easier when I was a kid.  For lunch, I made some corn bread (the last of  the organic fresh ground corn meal) and a bowl of lentil soup.

After lunch we took the longer hike up Little Florida Mountain.

I would come back here just for the sunsets

Just before dusk we took the 5 minute drive to Spring Canyon hoping to spot the elusive Persian Ibex.   We pulled off at a high point with a great view of the mountain ridge and another car pulled in next to us.  He was a National Park Ranger for years all around the country.  He comes to that spot almost every night to look for Ibex.  One night he counted over 100 Ibex on the same ridge we were looking at.  So disappointed because we didn't see any.

When we got back to the campground the sun was setting and it was the most beautiful sunset I've ever seen.

I was very excited about this sunset