Travel to La Junta, CO

Wednesday, June 24, 2020 - La Junta, CO

While we were in Santa Rosa we would have liked to have seen the Blue Hole and maybe even take a dip in it.  But like all parks in New Mexico, it is closed.  Here is what the website has to say about it: 

Blue Hole appears in the midst of the desert like a great blue gem.
(Agua Negra Chiquita) Once known as Blue Lake, it is one of seven sister lakes connected underground by a vast system of water. This wonder defines Santa Rosa even as it seems to defy the surrounding red mesas. Born of a geological phenomenon called the Santa Rosa sink, the place is magic—as water always is in a land of little rain. Nomadic tribes, cowboys driving their dogies cross the Pecos, and Americans going west on the Mother Road, Route 66, all sought respite here.

In 1932 Blue Hole became a National fish hatchery, morphed into the Blue Hole Recreation Area in the seventies, and more recently expanded to become the Blue Hole Dive and Conference Center. Not just for drivers wanting to get out of the fast lane or divers eager to get on down, it’s more than just a watering hole. Now it’s a destination meeting site for everyone from brides to board chairs. Halfway between Albuquerque and Amarillo, it’s within two hours’ drive of 80 percent of all New Mexicans.

We drove by, but couldn't get in to take a picture.  Here is a picture I got from the web.  It is the only picture I was able to get.  :(

This morning we were up early.  We wanted to be on the road before the wind starting picking up and the rain started.  The first part of the drive was beautiful.  The pictures don't do it justice.

While driving on I-25 we saw a motorhome that was pulling a Jeep off on the side of the road.  Unfortunately,  it appeared the Jeep may have had a flat tire and either they didn't realize it or something, but the tire and wheel were both gone and the Jeep had been running on it's brake rotor as even that was almost completely gone..  They had their lawn chairs out and were probably waiting for a tow truck.  Their Jeep is not going any where any time soon.  :(  Things like this make a good case for  a TPMS that monitors your toad (towed vehicle) also.

Once we turned off I-25 on to 350, the landscape went from mountainous to rolling hills.  And nothing really to look at.

Eventually we made it to La Junta KOA in La Junta, CO.  We will be here until Saturday.

This evening we did take a dip in the pool.  :)

It was another wonderful day!