Day 4

After two nights of camping, mom had enough of it! Not necessarily the camping part, but the lack of adequate facilities that meet her high standards. Turns out there was only one modern bathroom with shower in the place and there was just something about that she did not care for. So off we went. Packed up our gear and headed out. But not before we noticed this little comfy spot right next to the river.

We took a drive into the heart of Ruidoso to find our accommodations for the day.

And not a moment too soon. The sky dumped shortly there after.

That was fun! That taken from the side of the motel. What else ya gonna do but watch cars drive by.

A little later after the rains stopped, we took a walk into the tourist trap of Ruidoso. Nothing really exciting there for some reason. Now I'll have to admit before we move on that me and mom are tourist trap junkies. That's right! We know they see us comm'en and we know it. Fairs fair, right? So with that said, we just didn't care for it. There just didn't seem to be the right mix of stores and merchandise.

I didn't see much in the way of photo ops either. Except for this tid bit.

The rest of the day was set. Pitt stop for chow. Pitt stop at the local Walmart. Return to home base.

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Jury duty your wondering are you. Did not preside over a trial today. One group did get called away and did not return. So I'm assuming they saw some activity. That was around 9:30. Around 10:30, a group of names was called to get ready for a trial (I wasn't on the list), but a few minutes later, the coordinator returned and said that the party just did a plea-bargain. So they were off the hook but there was still one more judge trying to iron things out, so we all had to hang longer. Nothing came of it and we were released at noon.

On a lighter note. I've finally got all my brothers gifts wrapped. I'm all ready to go for the event this weekend. Oh Yeah!