We spent last night in Espanola, NM. We were only about 45 miles from Taos but I had already driven a little over 200 miles and I did not want to take on a 2 lane mountain road for the rest of the trip.

We stopped at Walmart, just a few blocks from our campground, and went shopping. We were low on groceries and wanted to fill the refrigerator before we got to Taos and settled in at the campground for the rest of the week.

We arrived at the Taos Valley RV Park a little after 1pm. Got settled in and I had accumulated a few engraving jobs yesterday and this morning, so I got busy and started to work on them while Evelyn went to the laundry to wash clothes that had accumulated for over a week. By the time she got back I had finished the jobs and had billed them out, so we got them ready for the mail and headed to town to the post office.

The trip from Espanola on sr68 is a nice drive. The road is a little rough but not too bad. It follows the Rio Grande River all the way. It is not very big at this point but I am sure it really gets big when it rains. We did hit a little shower as we came into Espanola, just enough to wet the motor home and cause the wet dirt and dust to run down the sides and the back. It really looks bad now, so I guess we will have to have it washed if we do not have any more rain.

There are a lot of outfits that have inflatable rafts that float the river. We saw a lot of them but could not get any good photos of them. It sure looked like fun as the water is rough in some areas.

We saw several vineyards along the river and many wine shops. One would not think of vinyards in a remote dry area as this, but apparently there is enough water to make things grow.

Evelyn met a lady in the laundry that works at the hospital and they live in the park year round in their rv. She said it gets cold here, as much as a -20 degrees in the winter. The elevation is about 7000ft and we are in a valley.

So tomorrow it is off to the hamfest for Friday afternoon, all day Saturday and Sunday morning. Hope all goes good as far as business is concerned.

The photos are of the road and the Rio Grande River between Espanola and Taos, NM.