Hot Springs and the Hostel

Last week was spent mostly at Faywood Hot Springs in New Mexico.  This lovely high-desert oasis is fast becoming one of our favorite spots.  For $30 a day we have our own little camping spot with picnic table, fire pit and running water and 24 hour access to about 15 different soaking tubs scattered throughout the property.  It is purported to be busy on weekends but during the week there are very few other people around and we wandered back and forth among the charming settings trying to decide which was our favorite.  One afternoon we puttered around the town of Silver Springs where many of the local transplants were bent on convincing us that this was the absolutely best town in the USA in which to retire.  It did seem to have a lot going for it.  We are not quite ready to abandon Ohio though.  

We are back in Tucson and have agreed to settle down at the Roadrunner Hostel for a couple of months to work and enjoy our local favorite haunts and spend time with Matt and Megan when they are not busy with school/work.  We hope to get out camping and hiking on our days off.  We have been camping the past three days near the top of Mt Lemmon where the temperatures are in the 30's at night but just a few miles down the mountain there is a gain of at least 25 degrees!  We had the campground to ourselves on Thursday night but we returned to our campsite on Friday evening to find what looked like a crowded refugee camp!  I guess the combination of a weekend coupled with the opening of campgrounds after the shutdown brought everyone out!  There were dogs and screaming children everywhere.  There were at least 4 other tents set up in our designated campsite.  Oh well!  It was interesting. 

So, we will report back when we have something interesting to say!  There are always lots of unique individuals coming through the hostel, so I am sure it won't be long.