October
15, 2017, departure day. Our whirlwind stop in Sacramento was soon done; over the
next two weeks we had appointments in Chanute, Kansas and Anthony, New Mexico for
scheduled maintenance on the 5th wheel. Travel was uneventful, the work
successfully completed, and we ended up with a few extra days before we were due
to arrive in Tucson for our winter stay. We decided to spend four nights in
Deming, New Mexico at the Dream Catcher RV Park, part of the Escapees network
of RV Parks, which put us in close proximity to The City of Rocks State Park.
Located
about halfway between Silver City and Deming, and seemingly arising out of nowhere
in a patch of the Chihuahuan Desert, is a patch of rocks resembling a city. With
your first glimpse it becomes obvious where the name comes from, with this description
from the New Mexico State Parks website explaining it best:
“City
of Rocks gets its name from the incredible volcanic rock formations found here.
The park encompasses a one square mile area in the scenic Chihuahuan desert
region of southwestern New Mexico at an elevation of 5,200 feet. The “city” is
a geologic formation made up of large, sculptured rock columns, or pinnacles,
rising as high as 40 feet and separated by paths or lanes resembling city
streets. These rocks were formed about 34.9 million years ago when a very large
volcano erupted. Then, erosion over millions of years slowly formed the
sculptured columns seen today, creating a stunning, otherworldly landscape.”
We had fun winding through the
paths, and “seeing” the faces of people, animals, and imagined creatures in the
enchanted formations.
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