May 8th – Got into Canon City last night and the Royal Gorge RR was already closed. Dawn had her first experience camping in the parking lot of a Walmart. They had a nice little grassy spot with a couple of trees so I pulled up close thinking it would give us a nice park-like setting. Sometime during the night the sprinklers went off, one of which was right next to our door. I was sound asleep but the noise was too much for Dawn to handle so she got up and moved the RV. She didn’t know that I had slept through the sprinkler and the move. She spoiled the surprise by mentioning it before I stepped outside. We both regretted me not getting the full affect of my new surroundings when I stepped outside. Next time she will wait for my reaction before she says anything.

We were on the door step of the Royal Gorge RR when they opened this morning. They purchased both books and we are hoping to be part of their future storytelling program.

Dawn is driving as I blog and we just arrived in Alamosa. They were expecting a big Mother's Day week-end, but mechanical failures required they close for the holiday.

Next we went to Antonito, which is the other end of the Chama RR. They too were closed due to winter not being over in the mountains. At that point we made the decesion to head back to Taos and return after Memorial Day when the remainder of the depots will officially open.

As you can see we even met an alien.