March has marched on by and we are done in New Mexico. Before we could leave we had to redo some trail work. It seems that someone thought a parking area was needed right where we built a trail to the visitor center last year. This gave us a chance to practice our trail building skills again and we did another great job. Hope this one last longer because we won't be back next year to do it again.
One thing nice about working the visitor center is that you get to know some of the regulars and the people that work at the marina. One such person was Shane, who is the Manager of all three marinas on the lake. He offered to take us out on the lake on a pontoon boat and show us the view from water level. We jumped at the chance and our friends Jackie and Larry went along.
Shane took us by the Dam Site Marina and showed us where all the big money houseboats are moored. There were some very big house boats there and Shane said that most of them never leave the marina...they are used more like summer homes than boats. As you can see by the lower picture of the dam, the water is very low. They were saying that the lake was only at eight to ten per cent of capacity but as we found out, there is still a lot of lake.
As we went north on the lake we were able to see rock out croppings that are normally under a lot of water. We also found out that there is a "burger barge" on the lake back in a cove. In the summer they sell burgers, hot dogs, sandwiches and drinks to boaters so they can stay out on the lake to play.
That is our guide Shane is to the right. We want to thank him for taking us out. It was a beautiful day to be out on the lake.
This is a picture of the boys in their new play area. When we had them on leashes we spent all of our time trying to keep them untangled. We thought this was a great solution, they didn't.
Easter was early this year and we were still at the park for the Easter egg hunt.We now know how to color two thousand Easter eggs. You need a lot of big pots and a lot of helpful people. On the right you can see the group from Quail Run Campground. That is the camp host George and the happy volunteers Holly and Ollie. As you can see they are doing a very important job of holding up the wall so it won't fall on the finished eggs.
The next day it took all of seven minutes for the kids to find most of them and get their goodie bags and see the Easter Bunny (that is really Sara one of the rangers). That's all for March. We worked on Easter morning, went home had lunch, packed up, hooked up the Jeep and that's right we were "On The Road". We are sort of on vacation this trip since it's still cold back home so we are going to take our time and see things. We don't know about summer yet, will know more after my Dr. appointment. That's it for now will see ya all back here next month.
