Elephant Butte State Park

We spent some time checking out the state park that surrounds Elephant Butte Lake. If you look at this picture to the left you can see the "elephant" the head and and trunk that goes down to the water are on the left of the butte. The marina is open year round. If you click on the picture above -- it will get larger and in the middle of the picture is a "houseboat" actually it looks more like a fishhouse on top of a raft.

We see lots of wildlife in the park. The picture at the top has a roadrunner in the center of it. Again if you click on the picture you will see it. We have seen hares with giant, tall ears and mule deers which also have huge ears. We've seen flocks of quail with the funny little "wattle" on the top of their head. I'm trying to get pictures but they are fast. We've seen lots of coyotes but none chasing roadrunners. When the roadrunners cross the road in front of us they really do zoom. I can see why Wiley Coyote couldn't catch him.

There are still flowers on a few of the plants in the desert. We are still enjoying being in shorts. Tomorrow is supposed to be in the seventies and we will be trying to catch some fish!