We got up this morning to 48 degree temperatures, super nice. We even had to run the furnace last night. Today was our first day to explore Chama. It took us 5 minutes. Ok, just kidding. Chama has a cute but very small downtown and a handful of restaurants. The main attraction is the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad with steam engines. Its a lot like the Durango-Silverton railroad. We headed downtown from our RV park and stopped first at the railroad depot. We watched the train depart at 10am. Pretty cool. At a little past 11 we packed the rig for the 2 mile trek to our new RV park. The Rio Chama RV Resort was my first choice but didn’t have a place for us last night, but we were able to reserve the next two nights. We parked the coach on a gravel lot in town so we wouldn’t arrive before check-in. We were going to eat lunch at the highest rated Boxcar Cafe but we got there at just past 1200 and the wait looked too long. We ended up eating at the Chama Grill which is just fast-food with burgers and the like.
After lunch we headed to our new RV park. The park is very scenic with very large trees. We were guided to our riverfront site. This site is super nice. It is a “pull-in” site that puts our large windshield about 20 feet from the rivers edge. The weather was beautiful and after setup we sat underneath our awning and simply enjoyed the sites and sounds of the river. I enjoyed watching many hummingbirds flit around and at one point a beautiful doe deer slowly walked across the river. Very cool. About 5pm, the train returned from its round trip and we could watch it cross the old tressel bridge from our living room. After dinner we watched a movie and enjoyed a nice 65 degree walk with Maverick around the park.