Camping at Bottomless Lakes State Park
For our first camping trip of the season, Jeff and I decided to
visit Bottomless Lakes State Park, here in New Mexico. We decided on it for a couple of reasons – one is that we haven’t been
there in a few years, and secondly, there are Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) Trails
not far from there where we could try out Jeff’s new Toy, but more about the
second reason in another couple of blog posts.
Here are a couple of views of the campground from the ridge above it. The second (lower) image has an arrow pointing to our rig in our campsite. The lake is called Lea Lake and is the largest of about 8-9 lakes. As we drove in, it looked like the other lakes were fairly dry at this point. The lakes are technically sinkholes, so maybe that’s the reason some seem dried up. Lea lake always looks very blue, and that is due to the aquatic plants that grow there. The lakes range from 17 – 90 feet deep. My assumption is that Lea Lake is not only the largest, but also the deepest. The state park is open to canoeing, kayaking, fishing, picnicking, swimming, hiking, birding (at the right time of the year) and scuba diving!
Here is a closer view of our campsite – large enough to hold our complete entourage of vehicles – the RV, Jeep and Jeff’s Toy! The lower photo is the view we had while sitting outside the rig enjoying the warm weather (80s).
Ah, the lake is Max’s favorite!! He loved it when Jeff would toss just any old stick for him to swim out to retrieve. And, if Jeff didn’t toss a stick, Max would wade into the water and turn around and look at Jeff as if to say, “Let’s get with the program!” Sometimes he’d just start swimming off in the wrong direction from where the stick was and would then spend a lot of time swimming around trying to find it, often in vain!
But mostly, he would retrieve the stick and then (eventually) bring it to Jeff to toss again. I think for Max, some of the fun of retrieving is to not quite completely retrieve it!
Enjoy!! More to come!
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