Shakedown #2 | Rockhound | Pancho Villa

Greetings from our home base in Deming, New Mexico! We just returned from a ten-day outing to a couple of nearby state parks, arriving back home yesterday just before noon. Although we didn't travel far, we accomplished our twin objectives of checking out all the systems on Lizzy 3 as well as enjoying being out …

Pancho Villa State Park, Things Are Getting Crowded, Cabalgata Binacional

Currently located at Pancho Villa State Park in Columbus, New Mexico: We just started our second week here at Pancho Villa, and it continues to be one of our favorite places to stay. This campground has 79 developed sites, 75 of them with at least 30 amp electricity. Only 6 of the sites are reservable, …

Pancho Villa State Park, The Pink Store in Mexico, New Water Pump, Clothing Storage

From Pancho Villa State Park in Columbus, New Mexico: Today is Moving Day again! We just wrapped up our 14-day stay at Pancho Villa State Park, one of our favorite state parks in New Mexico. We stayed here last year over the Thanksgiving holiday and enjoyed it so much that we had to come back …

Museum, Enchilada Fries and We Go Solar

We're down to our last few days here in New Mexico and we're trying to make the most of them before we pull up stakes and head to Arizona for the winter. On Wednesday morning we visited the Columbus Depot Museum which is housed in the old train depot and operated by the Columbus Historical …

Quick Notes from Pancho Villa SP in New Mexico

We're still happily parked at Pancho Villa State Park in Columbus, New Mexico, just three miles north of the US/Mexico border and the Mexican town of Palomas. We haven't done anything super-exciting, so I thought I'd just give you some quick notes from the past few days--this is real life for us. Last Saturday was …

Lunch in Mexico and Learning About Pancho Villa

We've spent three nights here in Pancho Villa State Park so far, and it's already moved to the top of our list of favorite places to hang out. There is just so much history, culture and character here, and it's going to take us awhile to fully experience it. We got settled into our campsite …