December 11, 2008

December 11, 2008, Thursday
Still cold out and frost on the truck. We are going to stay another day. Dump the Casita and fill her up with water. We both have runny noses and congestion from colds. My hair is dreadful, almost dreadlocks. I have nappy hair and it is not nice. It goes any which way while I am sleeping and will not brush down in the morning. Hopefully we will be able to shower soon. The bath house is far to cold to even think about disrobing. We might find a warmer site tomorrow.
We were able to take time out at the library and send out some email and I was able to go to the post office and send out post cards to the kids. The library at Roswell if very nice. Larger than it looks from the outside. Jerry said the bathrooms need some work.
We went to Bitter Lake and finally were able to talk to someone in the visitors center. I mentioned seeing a glossy ibis and the gentleman told me it was a white faced ibis. When he did his rounds he really thought it was a glossy ibis. We discussed this with the expert, looked up descriptions and realized that the glossy ibis is mostly on the east coast and it would not be in this area.
We took a few shots and went to Wal-Mart to get food for our trip.