Woke up and realized that we had a lot to do today. We were out of water in the trailer, and needed to find an RV dump site. The truck and trailer were also in desperate need of a washing. We found a car wash in soccorro which had a lane that was high enough to pull our trailer through which worked out great. Then it was off to find a (hopefully free) dump station, which we found at a Giant gas station right off the interstate in Albuquerque. Driving through Albuquerque was really interesting in that it is this large, sprawling city in the middle of the desert and you can look out from the road and see the entire city at once. Ok, so we were still in need of potable water for the trailer, so we found an inexpensive campground just north of Santa Fe in the Santa Fe National Forest called Black Canyon Campground which had good reviews online and had spigots with potable water- perfect! Turned out to be a really nice, quiet campground in the pine covered mountains (what a change from the desert!). There was a mountain trail within the campground so after getting settled we headed out for a hike. Turned out to be quite a strenuous hike with some steep inclines. A good workout after a busy day of driving. Also noticed some snow still on top of the mountains, as well as spotted a few mule deer. Headed back to our campsite and cooked up a pot of vegetarian chili which definitely hit the spot:)
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