Adios, Los Alamos

Tuesday, Oct 10…

This is our last day here and it's lovely and sunny w/ a light wind. I managed a 2-mile neighborhood walk while my laundry was in the washer (it’s a long cycle). By 3pm I’d logged 5+  – nice not to have to think about steps anymore today. Lots of visiting time this afternoon with some of our parking lot neighbors – a single gal from Ellensburg who’s relatively new to RVing and a couple from California. The parking lot for day visitors has been full every day, but less than half of the 16 RV slots are occupied.

The photo to the right is of a narrow canyon I crossed over on my walk this morning. Probably 50' deep. The tree below was in a bordering cul de sac of homes.

We returned to White Rock's Pig+Fig this evening to check out their tapas and were not disappointed. We shared pasta con pollo (thin-sliced chicken, gnocchi, spinach, & long strips of bright red roasted peppers - all swimming in a light but absolutely delicious white wine sauce) and tostadas de solomillo (beef tenderloin, horseradish cream, & beautiful red piquillo peppers on baguette slices). Excellent!!  We will miss this wonderful little café.





BlogThought... We're planned through the end of this month (when we'll be in St George, Utah). We need to be in Salt Lake City (UT) December 11th. We haven't a clue what to do / where to hole up during the intervening weeks. Don't want to drive hundreds of miles to find sun and then retrace those hundreds in December. Open to suggestions. 😃

AfterThought... A brief geography lesson (adapted from public.lanl.gov) may be in order. Los Alamos sits on the Pajarito Plateau, a consolidated mass of volcanic tuff from volcanic eruptions over a million years ago. The town is built on a series of mesa “fingers” separated by deep canyons. The canyons result from water runoff from the Sierra de los Valles (one of the southernmost extensions of the Rockies). Most of the town is located at an elevation around 7,500 feet. 
White Rock, where we’re camped, sits 500’ lower at the bottom of the mesas. Driving from White Rock to Los Alamos, I twist & turn and I'm always next to a cliff, so it's hard to really sense my direction. Going to the laundry this morning, though, I finally figured out that I actually round the tip of one of these mesa fingers and drive both sides as I climb.

Bridge over one of the many canyons. I think we drove over this one
when we took Greg's scenic route.