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Quail Creek State Park and its 600-acre reservoir lies only 4.5 miles from our current RV park location. After so much desert, it’s visually refreshing to enjoy the scenic beauty of water.

Quail Creek State Park and its 600-acre reservoir lies only 4.5 miles from our current RV park location. After so much desert, it’s visually refreshing to enjoy the scenic beauty of water.

“Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore…” ― Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

Our drive on Thursday from Santa Fe, NM, to Gallup, NM, was uneventful — no warning lights and no countdown to disaster. With less-than-perfect weather forecasted for the coming weekend, we elected on Friday to drive the 70+ miles to visit the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.

After an easy travel day of about 190 miles, we arrived at Junction, Texas, where we’ll stay two nights. We like having “down days” between travel days to recharge, get groceries, etc.

“There is a spiritual aspect to our lives – when we give, we receive – when a business does something good for somebody, that somebody feels good about them!” ~Ben Cohen, Co-Founder Ben & Jerry’s

The time allotted for our return to North Carolina has flown by with appointments and family visits. Our original plan was to be in the area longer but was altered/shorten by