Monday, April 26th

We took Ruth to Alamogordo today for her orthopedic appointment. The doctor didn't do much. He said they were not going to put a cast on her arm because of the location of the break. Ruth is to keep her arm in a sling and start physical therapy in 2 weeks.

When we got back from Alamogordo, we sprung John from his cell, I mean hospital room. John is happy to be out of the hospital and so is everyone else.

Tuesday, April 27th

We drove out to marker 104 this morning and started walking. After a few hours, we came to the junction of highways 380 and 70, our stopping point. This is also the confluence  of the Rio Ruidoso and Rio Bonito, to form the Rio Hondo. Previously I had labeled the Rio Bonito the Rio Hondo.

This afternoon, we moved the RVs to the Trailer Village RV Park in Roswell NM. Roswell is 3000 ft lower than Capitan and warmer. No more cold mornings.

At the RV park, we met a young couple from Denmark who have been traveling the US for the last 10 months. They have seen some of the west and are on their way to Dallas. Stay tuned ......