We also went part of the way up the mountain to the Inn of the Mountain Gods, a hotel and casino. Ron and Judy had stayed here a few years back. It is a beautiful place. Here is part of the sculpture that graces the front entrance.
And when you walk into the entrance, this is the view out of the back of the hotel. Awesome! (But I sure would hate to be the one to clean all those windows!)
Unfortunately, we only had 1 short day in Ruidoso, so we didn't get to play any golf on that beautiful course. But at $120 per person green fees, I don't feel too bad! We did, however, manage to leave a few dollars in the casino.
We packed up this morning to head back east. The girls are so used to the setup and teardown process that they have started sleeping through it!
Our route took us east out of Ruidoso. It was a beautiful drive until, oh, about Roswell. It was really just a coast down out of the mountains on a very curvy road. But the views were breathtaking.
Speaking of Roswell, we needed to stop for gas and I saw my first alien!!!
Okay, maybe not a live alien, but you can sure tell that this town plays up its heritage. This was on the fence just outside of the Sam's!
As we came across the Texas panhandle, we stopped at an awesome rest stop along the Interstate. Really. They even had bbq grills. In the shape of Texas, no less. Have never seen anything like it!
We had originally planned to stop for the night in Shamrock, TX as it is a little over halfway between Ruidoso and home. However, we weren't too numb in the butt so we decided to continue on to Elk City, OK. Unfortunately, neither of the two RV parks there had any space. Crap. So we went on to Clinton, OK. Again, 2 RV parks and no spaces. By then we are getting some serious numb butt and the girls were really ready to be out of the truck. We went onto Weatherford, OK. Fortunately we found a place.....
We are staying at the Tinsley's Old Route 66 RV park. It sure isn't fancy, but by about 8pm this evening, it looked really good to all 4 of us!
And even better, Lucille's Roadhouse is close by!
All that's left of my yummy chicken dinner is a grease spot. Grin. Okay, you know me too well..... there are a couple of chicken tenders along with fried okra stowed in the fridge right now. It'll make an awesome lunch tomorrow.
So tomorrow we head on home. It will be a pretty short drive as we are only about 235 miles from home right now. Maybe that means we can sleep in tomorrow morning for a change. Yeah right, somebody needs to tell Gabi that!
Cheers,
Dr J
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