Yep, that's right...snakes! We didn't do any other 'tourist' activities our last couple of days in Carlsbad. We spent yesterday doing chores, getting ready for our drive today from Carlsbad to Santa Fe. We had taken the dogs out for a bathroom break yesterday afternoon and Mark noticed a snake a couple hundred yards away! And it was Big...really, it was almost as tall as the man who threw his hat over the snakes head and grabbed him! It was probably 5 - 6 foot long. I saw the man throw his cap on the snakes head and grab it from behind (just like the Crocodile hunter on tv!) He posed with it while his wife took pictures of it even and they showed it to their grandkids!! They were freakin' Crazy! We know it wasn't a rattle-snake, no rattler. We found out it was first seen chasing one of the wild rabbits in the park...right next to an RV a row over from ours...they said the rabbit was fighting back too! Wow...Wow!! I was amazed and scared! I had taken the dogs out at night earlier in the week, without even a flashlight! Needless to say, I didn't take them out again at that park! Mark had to. After showing the snake to anyone interested (and Mark did go over and check it out), the man took it over to the empty field and released it...so it was probably right back in the park last night! Between the high winds and snake, I was really glad to get out of that park!
We awoke early this morning, packed up and were headed out by 8:30 on our way to Santa Fe. The winds in New Mexico have been fierce...at least 40 - 55 mph constant at times, with gusts probably at least 60 mph...Way too much for us. The high winds have pretty much ruined our slide-out toppers and we'll probably remove them one day this week. We'll take the RV in for repair of an internal door this week, probably Tuesday. There's several things we're hoping to check out this week, including mountains, beautiful scenic drives and of course, Route 66. We're in a beautiful RV park this week, up on a mountain overlooking Santa Fe.
Well, that's about it from here...I should have more pictures to post in the next few days. Not sure what we'll do tomorrow, but I'm sure we'll find something! Stay tuned...
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