Being Where We Are at Cimarron Canyon State Park

 For several months I've been exploring the map of New Mexico to see where we might like to go after the Balloon Fiesta.  I had focused on the Eagle Nest/Cimarron area of North Central New Mexico on Highway 64 in the Cimarron Mountain Range of the Southern Rockies.

 

The reason this area got my attention was the $225 per year camping permit that the New Mexico State Parks offers to non-residents.  Two of those state parks are in this area.  I thought we would bounce from one park to another and get our money's worth at the same time taking in whatever fall colors remained on the cottonwoods.

 

I was also hoping to have a snow fix. 

 

Although we didn't buy the yearly camping pass, we got here in time to enjoy some fall colors.  And then after a few days, I got my snow fix.

 

Life is good. And we are enjoying Being Where We Are





Highway 64 on the way to Cimarron Canyon



Settled into Campsite No. 16
We soon learned this is the Camphost Site

 



The Cimarron River Runs Through the Campground

 

 

A Few Empty Campsites at Cimarron Canyon SP

 



Another Look at the Lonely Campground



And Then the Snow Came



It Appears No One Else Wants to Camp in the Snow



The Sometimes Wild Cimarron River After the Snowfall

 

The Snow was Nice While it Lasted


 



Still Alone in the Campground...Alone and Cold

 


Sunny and 43° Made Shoveling Snow a Breeze