From our site at Storrie Lake State Park, NM

A restored 1930s Pontaic parked in front of the Georgia O’Keefe Museum in Santa Fe, NM

We left Storrie Lake Park, near Las Vegas, NM for Cochiti Recreation Area, about 30 miles south of Santa Fe, so that we could hike the Tent Rocks Trail in Tent Rocks National Monument:

 Tent Rocks was a great hike, but we needed air conditioning most of the time at Cochiti Lake Campground, so we headed north to Eagle Nest Lake State Park, about an hour north of Taos, NM. It’s at 8300 ft, so is much cooler than Storrie Lake of Cochiti Lake. We like it that way—but the wind!! We often need to bring in the slide to avoid damage to the slide topper awning. But that’s OK; the views are spectacular and the campground fairly empty. And with our annual NM state park pass, we can stay 21 days...for free! Can’t beat that.