El Cerrito, New Mexico

I just LOVE visiting this little village on the Pecos River in New Mexico...I have come to think of it as one of my homes..someday I may live here!! Very sweet place! I drove out here and Brock rode with me..him and Dick bought the schoohouse here in 1980 and have rebuilt the adobe structure. I have been coming here for over 10 years now..the first time was to help in the Annual Ditch Cleaning. One of my jobs was to design and put in the greywater system for the schoolhouse. I had lots of help..we put in 2 pipes (ABS) that ended in a rock enclave, then goes into a mulch basin of hay and planted a fruit tree at the end of each one. One of the 11 residents in this village has vowed to keep them watered as noone lives in the schoolhouse.

I camped in the backyard next to the Acequia (irrigation ditch from the Pecos River) and built a fire in the Horno every morning as it was brisk up here at 5800 feet elevation. The first morning it was 38 degrees!
Then we took a side trip to Las Vegas, New Mexico and about 6 miles from town there are the Montezuma Hot Springs..Robin and I have a soak.