Good, no, Great Morning!

We are sitting outside right now sipping coffee, maybe shivering just a bit(it's 57 degrees) looking out over Elephant Butte Lake.  Elephant Butte Lake was created in 1916 by damming up the Rio Grande.  It's a large lake, 40 miles long with over 200 miles of shoreline.  Sun is making its way up, but hasn't quite risen yet.  It is dead quiet with just a gentle breeze.  Pretty perfect.
We are in a campground in the Elephant Butte State Park well removed from civilization.  Our site is on a point so we can see no one else, it's like we are the only people around.  Unfortunately, it's not all perfect though.  We are due east of a large fire in the Gila mountains about 75-100 miles away and with the prevailing wind out of the west there is smoke in the air, in fact last evening for a bit we thought we'd might have to leave it was so smoky, couldn't see very far and it was irritating our eyes.  As the wind shifts the smoke shifts, we'll see how it goes today.  This is a picture of our fabulous site.

And a couple of me enjoying the view from our covered picnic table pavilion.

We had a great drive from Lakewood yesterday over a pass in Cloudcroft, NM at about 8600 feet, scenery was fabulous amidst the smoke.  Before we left we did some more geocaching, did pretty well, 3 out of 5.  It is turning out to be a fun activity.  A shot from our geocaching endeavor.

And a shot of Jan, I know not enough of her, but she is our photographer and not in most of our photos.  But here's proof she's here:)