Thursday, January 13, 2011
Storrie Lake SP, Las Vegas, NM -- 9/24-25
We never figured out what was happening near here that caused the place to be so full, but we got the last spot with hookups. It actually has a nice dry camping area, but we were wanting electricity this time.
Another place we had wanted to visit and finally got to was Fort Union Natl Monument, 20 miles north of Las Vegas. We arrived to find that we had lucked into one of the two days a year that you can visit the site of the First Fort, which you have to drive on private land to get to. Fort Union, actually three different forts at this location, was founded in 1851 and remained active until 1891. It was vital to the settlement of this area. In addition to the First Fort tour, we went on the self-guided tour of the main ruins.
Afterwards we visited "downtown" Las Vegas in order to find the Tome on the Range Bookstore, since we had fallen in love with the name when we heard their sponsorship of the local NPR station. It was wonderful, as are almost all bookstores. Their newsletter is called "The Tome Ranger". We worry about the future of the small bookstores with the popularity of ebooks. There was all sorts of activity at the town plaza park, less than a block from Tome of the Range, which turned out to be the Las Vegas 175th Anniversary celebration. It looked like it was going on well into the night.
Another place we had wanted to visit and finally got to was Fort Union Natl Monument, 20 miles north of Las Vegas. We arrived to find that we had lucked into one of the two days a year that you can visit the site of the First Fort, which you have to drive on private land to get to. Fort Union, actually three different forts at this location, was founded in 1851 and remained active until 1891. It was vital to the settlement of this area. In addition to the First Fort tour, we went on the self-guided tour of the main ruins.
Afterwards we visited "downtown" Las Vegas in order to find the Tome on the Range Bookstore, since we had fallen in love with the name when we heard their sponsorship of the local NPR station. It was wonderful, as are almost all bookstores. Their newsletter is called "The Tome Ranger". We worry about the future of the small bookstores with the popularity of ebooks. There was all sorts of activity at the town plaza park, less than a block from Tome of the Range, which turned out to be the Las Vegas 175th Anniversary celebration. It looked like it was going on well into the night.
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 11:27 AM 
