Saturday, 10 February 2018 – Travel Day to Carlsbad NM

Our route to Carlsbad NM

This morning we headed out from Lajitas, TX to Carlsbad NM. We made reservations at the Carlsbad RV Park. The drive took us back through Fort Stockton where we ate a Truck Stop Subway sandwich. The drive was uneventful except that the road from Pecos to Carlsbad was atrocious.  That section of road has more oil development construction than I have ever seen. The road is lined with temporary housing of some sort the entire distance. They appear to be developing many oil wells, running new oil pipelines, and building a new oil refinery. It made for a very rough ride in the RV. The park at Carlsbad was nothing spectacular but very serviceable. We got in about 4pm and replenished supplies at Wal Mart. We got Pizza Inn for dinner and retired for the evening. The park was quiet. Our furnace in the coach has been noisy on and off since Thanksgiving and I continued trying to diagnose. In the interim we bought a better electric heater at Wal-Mart with a thermostat so we could do without the furnace heat Unfortunately, the temps here are predicted to be in the low 20’s for both mornings we are here.