Ruidoso- Day 4

Today’s breakfast was sausage biscuits and fruit. While eating breakfast and drinking our coffee we only saw the hummingbirds and the chipmunk today. However, later when I was closing the blinds to the back porch there were ten wild turkeys pecking around in the back. 

As we left for the day the three wild horses were peacefully munching our neighbor’s grass, and as we left the neighborhood we saw some elk including a little baby. So needless to say we did get our animal fix today. 

We headed out to Capitan to visit the Smokey the Bear National Park. We had visited it once before, but we calculated that it was probably thirty years ago. We enjoyed checking out all the Smokey the Bear memorabilia, and pursued the museum waiting to watch the film after a group of school kids. Outside we visited Smokey’s grave. 

We decided to go ahead and eat lunch at the Smokey the Bear restaurant first, and then return to watch the film. The last time we ate there Chuck had dined on a delicious steak, but it appeared steak was no longer on the menu anymore. He had tacos, and I chose a corny dog off the Cub menu for kids, and 65+ seniors. 

After returning to the museum we watched the film and spoke with he park Ranger a little about the fires in the area. 

Then we traveled a short distance down the road to the Lincoln Historical site, and learned about the Lincoln County Wars, and got to visit where Billy the Kid had been jailed waiting execution. He was able to escape, and killed two deputies in the process. The display gave a step by step your of the tragic events, and was quite informative. 

On the way home we picked up more ice, and settled in for the evening. We enjoyed another episode of Suits, and had pizza for dinner. We also watched a Why Files on Roswell in anticipation of out trip there tomorrow. 

After dinner we tried out the hot tub, and watched a beautiful sunset. We watched one more episode of Suits, and plan on watching My Big Fat Wedding 2.  That will leave two more episodes of Suits for Sunday night, and we will be through with Season 8. Hopefully we can catch Season 9 on Prime.