As we leave Lincoln and Billy the Kid behind, we see plumes of smoke on the horizon. The winds are really picking up. I find it a bit scary to head forward on a road that leads towards fire, with basically no roads leading off in any other directions. It boils down to making a decision to go forward or turn around. My poor iPhone doesn’t even want to vote in this game. WAZE has quit altogether. We keep going. We finally see dark, burned-out areas, and then around a corner, live, red, blazing fire. There are fire-trucks there, with firemen fighting the fire and more trucks turning in front of us. And more emergency vehicles with sirens, lights on coming down the road. We forego a gorgeous Bureau of Land Management campground site a little bit further down the road, because of the winds and the unknown danger and drive a few hours longer, in the dark, to the safety of the American RV Park, where this is no haunting, blowing, natural beauty, but a nice safe site on the outskirts of Albuquerque – with a lovely continental breakfast in the morning. ; )
Fire and Wind on the Way to Alberquerque
April 20, 2012 by rvmirror
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