Bosque del Apache 2.

This town has one thriving business, a bar lol. No gas station or store if any kind. You have to go into Soccoro, about 8 miles for anything. There is a post office but I’m not positive it’s functional.

It’s got a reputation for great burgers. We met someone who raved about their green chili burgers so we each got one. They were tasty but I needed a fire extinguisher after I ate it.

A few days ago was Road Runner Day. We saw at least 4 of them. They are very shy and elusive.

The wildlife refuge has some interesting animals we don’t normally see (like the black bear in my last post) and the buck elk (too far out to get a good shot) and the bobcat (ran across the road so fast there was no shot of that either. Most of the meadows are dry. Management floods these fields on a schedule. The Sandhills will be migrating in a few weeks and the fields will be flooded for them. We’ve seen many Sandhills and are not waiting around for that.

The visitor center supports birds and Gambel quail with bird feeders and blocks of suet. There is a large area filled with native grasses, cactus and other native plants, with meandering paths, a very nice man-made habitat. This is where Vic got the male and female Pyrrhuloxia.

He also got this adorable Gambel Quail.

Here are some of the animals we saw while driving around Bosque, an area of almost 6 thousand acres.

We are waiting out a heat spike before moving on from here. Our plan is to be on a military base before Nov. 5. No matter who wins I think there will be some unrest and I want to be in a safe place.