SRT25 - Day 2
Summer 2025 Road Trip
Monday, April 7, 2025
Tucson, AZ to Caballo Lake State Park, NM
After a wonderful breakfast with my mother it was time for Bones and I to jump on Interstate 10 and head east. New Mexico is our first state to cross into.
On a side note. Did you know that the interstates with odd numbers go east and west? And that interstates that go north and south? Well they do. Top that off. The west/east interstates start counting from the west coast to the east coast. And the north/south interstates count from the south to the north. It's pretty ingenious of them to label them that way.
So if you’re ever on Interstate 10. you know that you’re going either east or west and that you’re in the southern part of America.
Bones: We stopped in Hatch and asked these guys where to eat. The green guy likes the mild chilies. The red guy likes the real hot chilies.
https://www.newmexico.org/places-to-visit/regions/southwest/hatch/
And no trip across New Mexico is any fun unless you stop in Hatch for some delicious Chile Rellenos. But keep in mind, they can be spicy. Which mine were, oh my they were delicious but I’m going to pay for them later. I hope I brought some ant-acid.
After walking off our lunch we left Hatch and headed over to Caballo Lake State Park. Can you guess why we’re spending the night here?
Bones: Yippee! We got to go paddling!
The Caballo Lake State Park is part of a series of lakes, wildlife and riparian preserves that run along the Rio Grande River. Hundreds of migratory species follow the Rio Grande River on its 1,800 mile journey from the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado to where it empties into the ocean in the Gulf of Mexico. That means that the animals that follow the river while migrating along will travel over 3,600 miles in one year. That’s a lot of miles.
https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/spd/find-a-park/caballo-lake-state-park/
Spent the night at Caballo Lake State Park, NM.