Woke up this morning and there was no wind so we decided to leave and not extend our time. We had red sky in the morning, any better reason to leave? We are without hook up and need the reassurance of an electric hook up. So we are heading for Bottomless Lake SP.
We saw our first tumbleweed in Artisia, NM, and our first alien billboard in Hagerman. Arrived at the state park and went in to Roswell to do laundry and eat. Well, we ate first. The food was wonderful and Jerry had a real chili relleno. The waitress was very nice and offered some suggestions. Can’t say much for the ice tea. Southern tea has me spoiled. Although we can get bad tea in the south.
After we ate we did the laundry. Doing laundry tends to be dull and not very entertaining, this was not the case. We heard that they had WiFi so we inquired about getting the pass word. There was a note by the window that stated they hope we enjoyed the internet and that they know nothing about the internet. There was also a disclaimer that they would not be responsible for any damage to hardware, software and programs. Jerry was able to hook up, I could not. The password was about twenty digits long. Took forever to enter and not being able to connect was very frustrating. Finishing up, Jerry took the computers out to the truck and called his brother.
Someone shouted "Look at the wind and the tumbleweeds"!
The wind picked up and the dust was blowing. I took some photos. Then it started to sprinkle. The truck looked like it had been driving in a mud pit. The winds we have experienced in this area of the world are amazing. Amazing too, the dryers worked. It has been my experience going to a laundry mat that most dryers don’t work and you really have to ask which ones do work. Laundry done we were heading for Bitter Lake Wildlife Management Area.
The visitor’s center was closed and would be open on Tuesday. So we drove around the area. There were duck, egrets and up in the sky we saw snow geese flying in. How exciting. Lines of geese coming to the ponds. We stopped, got the cameras ready and proceeded on. We found where the geese had landed and put binoculars to our eyes and low and behold, sandhill cranes! There were about a dozen or more.
Out with the cameras and tripods. We were very quiet and slow moving, fearing we might scare them. As the geese kept coming in, I would scan the sky for more and let Jerry know where to point his camera. While looking I noticed a group coming in that were gray. I told Jerry that they were gray and that they could be sandhill cranes. They were. About thirty of them flying in formation. How exciting. Further out I could see another line and even further another line. I had my camera out and I was taking photos. It was getting dark.
They kept coming. I finally stopped taking photos and grabbed the video camera. There had to have been more than a thousand birds. All sandhill cranes. I have never experienced anything like it in my life. Finally it was too dark to film or photograph and they were still coming.
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