# 14 Storrie Lake State Park, New Mexico

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We got to Storrie Lake on June 20. It was a six hour drive from Leasburg Dam State Park. We like to ride and look at stuff and sniff. Storrie Lake was really small but it used to be real big. It has shrunk from the drought. They used to windsurf here and boat and fish but now the boat ramp is closed and all that we saw out there was one lone canoe the whole time we were there. It is really something to see how the drought has affected everything. When we lived in Minnesota it's something we didn't really think about. One little town in New Mexico has run out of water. It has to be trucked in and they get shipments of bottled water. And they say there will be more like that. Of course just about everywhere is under extreme fire danger which means we girls can't sit around a campfire or grill a steak. But we understand. 

We thought it was real nice that we were warned there was a dangerous lake. 

Storrie Lake was real close to Las Vegas, New Mexico so THEY would run into town to see stuff where we couldn't go. One day THEY went to an old railroad depot. THEY were impressed that the town didn't tear it down like a lot of places do. They remodeled it and made it into a cool visitor center, THEY said. Of course, a lot of this stuff is unverified by us girls. 

The train depot remodeled for a visitor center. Amtrak still stops  here
once a day.

There is a lot of history here in Las Vegas but we girls didn't get to see much of it. The old Santa Fe Trail ran through here, some civil war battles were fought around here, and tons of movies were made here and still are. The old plaza is pretty cool, too.

Getting ready for the 4th of July in the Plaza

Old drug store on the plaza with our rock climber out front. 

One day we did get to go for a ride to see a little town called Mora, just like in Minnesota. Right before that was Salman Ranch which has a lot of history. There's an old church and roller mill and the store is in one of the old buildings. You can pick raspberries here in season. SHE went in and bought some raspberry jam and we were real interested but she said we couldn't have any. We are so deprived. 

Stew found something none of us had ever seen on our way here right by Las Vegas. It was only a little way from the park. It was a pallet farm. Now we know they grow a lot of things like chiles and pecans and all kinds of crops here but we didn't know they had pallet farms. There were little ones and big ones but we're not sure when they are harvested. But if you have never seen one, here you go. 

Pallet Farm, Las Vegas, New Mexico

We like to sit on the back of the sofa and look out the window. 

This is something we saw looking out our window. A bluebird
sitting on our water spigot.

So it was real good planning on the two-leggeds part. We had to leave on July 4 from Storrie Lake. We are at Bluewater Lake State Park now and we'll give you the scoop real soon. 

XOXO Roxy and Abby