Houston to Durango, CO
We are traveling to Durango CO next month from Houston. Our plans are to spend a few days in Durango and then drive to Ouray and Silverton (no trailer). Our days are short drives starting Housto...
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If you have the time, a detour to Santa Fe before going to ABQ would be cool. Lot of neat things to see there. This older post has details for the Detour & Santa Fe Sights & Sites.
Near Santa Rosa just Off I-40, Santa Rosa Lake State Park would be another nice place to overnight. Never been there myself.
NM State Parks are a good bargain. $10 without electric, $4 more for electric. Most have nice showers (no extra cost) & no entry fee or day fee on top of camping fee as in TX & CO.
Navajo Lake State Park is East of Bloomfield.
Between Cuba & Bloomfield (US 550); There seems to be a new Apache Nugget Travel Center & Casino at the junction of US 550 & NM 537. The gas prices were the best we saw up in the area. In 2012 when we made a trip to Chaco Canyon. They do have RV sites:
RV Hook-Up at $25.00 a night (electrical/water, no sewer dump available).
Shower Room at $8.00 per person (provide your own towels/soap/etc.).
At the US 550 Exit, Just minutes north of Albuquerque (off of I-25, exit 242) in Bernalillo, is Coronado State Monument where Francisco Vásquez de Coronado—with 300 soldiers and 800 Indian allies from New Spain—entered the valley while looking for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold. Monument
Coronado CampgroundThere is a Bernalillo city campground (used to be a state part) at the entrance to the State Monument. Wasn't a bad site some years ago, haven't been there in some time.
Aztec Ruins National Monument is off US 64 in Aztec (just off US 550 in Bloomfield). http://www.nps.gov/azru
Near Santa Rosa just Off I-40, Santa Rosa Lake State Park would be another nice place to overnight. Never been there myself.
NM State Parks are a good bargain. $10 without electric, $4 more for electric. Most have nice showers (no extra cost) & no entry fee or day fee on top of camping fee as in TX & CO.
Navajo Lake State Park is East of Bloomfield.
Between Cuba & Bloomfield (US 550); There seems to be a new Apache Nugget Travel Center & Casino at the junction of US 550 & NM 537. The gas prices were the best we saw up in the area. In 2012 when we made a trip to Chaco Canyon. They do have RV sites:
RV Hook-Up at $25.00 a night (electrical/water, no sewer dump available).
Shower Room at $8.00 per person (provide your own towels/soap/etc.).
At the US 550 Exit, Just minutes north of Albuquerque (off of I-25, exit 242) in Bernalillo, is Coronado State Monument where Francisco Vásquez de Coronado—with 300 soldiers and 800 Indian allies from New Spain—entered the valley while looking for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold. Monument
Coronado CampgroundThere is a Bernalillo city campground (used to be a state part) at the entrance to the State Monument. Wasn't a bad site some years ago, haven't been there in some time.
Aztec Ruins National Monument is off US 64 in Aztec (just off US 550 in Bloomfield). http://www.nps.gov/azru
