A slow, but beautiful drive up Taos Canyon brought us to the lovely valley around Angel Fire where I met a Wing relative clerking in the Post Office. Nearby is a State Park which memorializes those who died in the War in Vietnam. It is a beautiful memorial in a stunning setting. Built by a grieving father and his surviving son, it was taken over by the DAV and then by the State dod New Mexico. They do a good job of remembering a very difficult time. We had a picnic in Cimmaron and found a wonderful old-time soda fountain in a gallery where they have hundreds of Boy Scout patches on the wall: Philmont Ranch is four miles south. On we went to NPS site #359 Capulin Volcano National Monument. We were awed by the views from the top, and took a rim trail at 8,200 feet which gained 300 feet in altitude. Judy managed to finish the whole trail. Bill saluted her. We spent the night in a KOA in Clayton, NM. it had a nice shelter to break the wind from the southwest for our tent site.
We watched several storms go around us and went to bed.
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