The days are passing quickly as we continue heading east to Texas. I have loved being more "unplugged" though I realize that causes blog posts to be more spaced out than my mother would prefer. (Love you, Mom!)
We spent a week in Deming, NM. It is pretty much as in the middle of nowhere as it sounds. We picked the spot because it was four hours from our last stop and that's about as far as we can go on a travel day. (Four hours of driving time really means six hours of travel time what with towing the trailer and bathroom stops.) We arrived at a old but nicely maintained campground and settled in for a week of nothing more than restocking groceries at Walmart (it was just down the road!) and doing laundry (there was a lot!). Oh, and swimming at the indoor pool as the oddly cold southwest winter continues.
Little did we know...
We are a part of an online community called Full-time Families. As a part of the community we are on several different private Facebook groups. (Yes, I had to create an account to access them. No, I don't want to be friends on there. Just in real life.) One of the groups is region-specific to the Southwest and in leaving a comment on the Weekly Check-in post we discovered that there was another family camping not far from us in a state park. I reached out to the mom via Facebook and we ended up going out to their campsite in the gorgeous City of Rocks State Park and spent several hours enjoying the scenery and sharing a hot dog dinner. Their two kids connected well with our three and the adults had more than enough in common to allow conversation to flow for awhile.
Turns out one evening wasn't enough! We ended up having them over to visit us and share in the joy of a heated indoor pool. (They are super-campers and mostly boondock*.) That pleasant afternoon led to a final dinner invitation before we left town. We were in Deming, NM for one week and our new friends were the highlight of our trip.
Again, people have been my favorite part of this nomadic lifestyle. And I don't see that changing any time soon.
(Also, for anyone concerned about space in our travel trailer and "what about the children?" - the children are fine and though they each have their own separate bunk often choose to sit on one together. I love catching them this way during rest time. It's not as fun to break up the boys when they are trying to have "sleepovers" for the night. The bunks are fairly narrow.)
*Boondocking is when you camp without electric, water, or sewer connections.
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