Ten years ago, I'd embarked on the first of my annual relocations, carrying out that idea I had on a marshrutka on a ride between Rustavi and Tbilisi.
The original post from 10 years ago here.
And for your convenience, republished below:
Oliver Lee Memorial State Park: My Temporary Home
Hello! Thanks for dropping in to my temporary place in the Tularosa Basin!
(And between you and me, I'm happy you've only got the two legs.)
Let me show you around.
So here's a pretty good view of the campsite shelter. Not all the sites have them, but they're a must to keep the sun at bay and also protect me from the rain, although a fellow camper said when the rain hits really hard, there can be veritable creeks running right through the living room.
The tablecloth there? Every day, a hummingbird stops by and re-confirms that, no, these aren't real flowers. I bought this tablecloth in the Yukon more than 15 years ago when my daughter and I took a road trip to Alaska.
Here you can see a view of the Sacramento Mountains behind my site.
And here's my living room. The table I bought from friend Jackie at her garage sale when she moved to Tennessee. That Playmate cooler figures prominently in my road trip pack list. The plastic trash bag affixed to my chair - the campsites are bereft of places to attach things like trash bags, clotheslines, and the like, though I did learn of one trick from a fellow camper. More on that later.
This is the view from my dining table: the Tularosa Basin.
Since I've been in the area, I've seen six tarantulas, a rattlesnake, and other ominous-looking critters.
This visitor just barged right in without asking. We agreed that if I left it alone, it'd leave me alone.
On the way back from a ranger talk, I saw this long rattlesnake crossing the road.
When I first arrived at my campsite, I found these four pennies on the picnic table. In case they were somehow maintaining order in the universe, I left them on the table, though I did rearrange them in a fashion more pleasing to my eye. There's a lesson in there somewhere.
(And between you and me, I'm happy you've only got the two legs.)
Let me show you around.
So here's a pretty good view of the campsite shelter. Not all the sites have them, but they're a must to keep the sun at bay and also protect me from the rain, although a fellow camper said when the rain hits really hard, there can be veritable creeks running right through the living room.
The tablecloth there? Every day, a hummingbird stops by and re-confirms that, no, these aren't real flowers. I bought this tablecloth in the Yukon more than 15 years ago when my daughter and I took a road trip to Alaska.
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| Oliver Lee Memorial State Park near Alamogordo, New Mexico. September 2012. Credit: Mzuriana. |
Here you can see a view of the Sacramento Mountains behind my site.
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| Oliver Lee Memorial State Park near Alamogordo, New Mexico. September 2012. Credit: Mzuriana. |
And here's my living room. The table I bought from friend Jackie at her garage sale when she moved to Tennessee. That Playmate cooler figures prominently in my road trip pack list. The plastic trash bag affixed to my chair - the campsites are bereft of places to attach things like trash bags, clotheslines, and the like, though I did learn of one trick from a fellow camper. More on that later.
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| Oliver Lee Memorial State Park near Alamogordo, New Mexico. September 2012. Credit: Mzuriana. |
This is the view from my dining table: the Tularosa Basin.
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| Oliver Lee Memorial State Park near Alamogordo, New Mexico. September 2012. Credit: Mzuriana. |
Since I've been in the area, I've seen six tarantulas, a rattlesnake, and other ominous-looking critters.
This visitor just barged right in without asking. We agreed that if I left it alone, it'd leave me alone.
 |
| Oliver Lee Memorial State Park near Alamogordo, New Mexico. September 2012. Credit: Mzuriana. |
On the way back from a ranger talk, I saw this long rattlesnake crossing the road.
 |
| Oliver Lee Memorial State Park near Alamogordo, New Mexico. September 2012. Credit: Mzuriana. |
When I first arrived at my campsite, I found these four pennies on the picnic table. In case they were somehow maintaining order in the universe, I left them on the table, though I did rearrange them in a fashion more pleasing to my eye. There's a lesson in there somewhere.
 |
| Oliver Lee Memorial State Park near Alamogordo, New Mexico. September 2012. Credit: Mzuriana. |
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