The old cemetery on the way into Lincoln
Up in Lincoln yesterday and the snow started. After we hung out there for few hours with our friends, Linda and Boyd from Montana, we headed up to Capitan and had a late lunch at the Smokey Bear Restaurant. I highly recommend the green chile stew. My bowl had at least 10 pounds of beef in it, and the fresh flour tortillas were awesome!
Capitan is a really small town between Lincoln and Ruidoso. While we were sitting in the restaurant, a working cowboy stumbled in for a quick bite before disappearing back out into the blowing snow. Other than that, we had the town pretty much to ourselves. Capitan is where the real Smokey Bear cub was found orphaned, clinging to a tree branch, a bit singed after a forest fire had passes through in the early '50s. When he died in the '70s, they buried him near the spot they had found him. They have a museum dedicated to him here, too. RIP, Smokey, a true national treasure!
So, it has been snowing here in Roswell since yesterday. It is minus 5 C., and we've got about 5 inches with more to come. Sheesh!
Welcome to where?
This boy is the only one happy about the weather!
Hey, Mike, recognize this pavilion -- sort of?
Truck is froze
RVs are froze
Birds are huddled in trees unhappily
Usually the sound of them merrily singing fills the campground, but not today :(
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