Sept 24th to 26th - Roswell & Hobbs NM

Sept 24th - Thurs - Roswell
A rare day when we did not leave the campground. Did a load of laundry before having a nice breakfast. Finally made one decision for the winter and got a reservation at the Cocopah RV & Golf Resort in Yuma for December and January. Then I got to work on a project that I have been putting off. The kitchen sink has a metal trim on the rim of the sink and the paint has been chipping. We bought the supplies some time ago so I masked it all off, sanded and painted. Turned out pretty good so hope the paint sticks for a while.
Spent the rest of the day watching TV and on the computer.

Sept 25th - Fri - Roswell
Had a nice chat with cousin Pat this morning. She is on PDT and we are on MDT so she had to get up quite early to make us jump out of bed to answer the phone - ok, it wasn’t THAT early!
After a late breakfast we drove into town for some errands including washing the truck. Don’t know what is going on with the price of diesel here. When we arrived a week ago, the price at one end of town was $2.52 and at the other $2.79. A few days later, all pumps were $2.79. Next day, one was back down to $2.52 and today that same station had diesel at $2.33, another was $2.46 and another still $2.79.
I found some vinyl that I thought I might use to make a cover for our bicycles. By the time we returned, measured and drew diagrams we talked me out of that idea.
Roswell is the “dairy capital of southeast NM” and we have no problem confirming that claim when the wind is blowing in the wrong direction. This, and quite a few flies, are the only downsides to this campground.

Sept 26th - Sat - to Hobbs NM
We had a full 2 hour drive southeast to Hobbs which is just a few miles from the Texas border. All the way from Artesia to Hobbs (77 miles) are thousands of oil wells with new ones being drilled.
One of the reasons we came to Hobbs was that the park owner in Roswell told Terry there was a casino here. Also, we have some time to spare and have not been here.
We drove past the sign for the casino, saw some RVs camped in a parking lot and a lot full of cars nearby so decided to check it out. Turns out there was a chili cookoff - among other things - going on so we decided to stay a couple nights here. We set up, put on our walking shoes and headed over to all the tents on the far side of the events center. There was a motorcycle rodeo, lots of chili for sale and an arts & crafts sale in the events center. We are not brave enough to try unknown chili so, after chatting with some neighbors, we decided to go down the road about ½ mile to the casino as we were told they had a decent buffet for $5. The $5 price is for summer so it was now $10.95 and not too good.
Oh well, Terry figured winning at the slots would overshadow the buffet. Wrong again! I did hit a fluke $94 payout on a 20 cent spin so we ended up losing only part of our allowance. Back at the campsite, everyone had disappeared for the evening so we kicked back and watched TV.