New Years Eve Day- through New Mexico

It was so cold and snowy last night and unfortunately Kirk had to get up in the middle of the night to take the dog out (again).  Being on the second floor of the hotel didn't help.  We got up and had free breakfast at the hotel before setting out on a 6 degree frosty morning.  We started seeing lots of buttes covered with new snow and in places all the vegetation was frosty, quite beautiful.  It was hard to tell the road conditions so Kirk was really being conservative which I was grateful for.  We saw one semi that had jackknifed which made it even nerve-wracking. The people at the truck stop in Santa Rosa said we should stay on I-40 towards Albuquerque rather than taking the diagonal state road we had planned on. We got to 7000 ft. elevation and eventually we were able to increase speed to 72 mph.  No snow when we went through ABQ, temp rose to 22!  Followed I-25 south of ABQ in the Rio Grande valley- mountains on both sides, pretty.  Glad to have left the snow behind.  We stopped off at Elephant Butte RV Park (where we will be in March) to check it out- quite a nice place.  Decided to keep going, and pulled over in Las Cruces, NM rather than going on to Tucson tonight and trying to set up in the dark in a temporary site.  High temp today was 38 degrees.  Kirk got camper set up and un-winterized. Milk was frozen in the frig and red wine was cold!  We are at Hacienda RV resort- not many people here. Nice dog walk area. Will go to the nearby winery/pizzeria for dinner: Luna Rossa.

We are not in the habit of going crazy on New Year's Eve anyway.  Dogs seem happy to be in their own "space".  
Happy New Year to all of our friends and family.  We are looking forward to an exciting new year and are anxious to be settled in our new "home" tomorrow! God bless you all!