Balmorhea, Texas

On our way to Texas's Balmorhea State Park we dry camped for a night at another Escapees park. This one was in Deming, New Mexico. Dream catcher was not impressive. It had a strong resemblance to a gravel parking lot.

The state park was much more pleasant, with a lot of open space. We spent two nights there. The focal point of the park is a two-acre swimming pool created from the San Soloman Spring. The spring produces almost 20 million gallons of water a day. The park's cienega (defined as "desert marshland") is home to two small endangered desert fishes—the Pecos Gambusia and the Comanche Springs Pupfish. The pupfish occurs nowhere else in the world.

One issue here was the wind. The stead wind was bad at times; the gusts were worse. A gust blew the open rig door into Lee and almost knocked her off the steps. Our summary: it would be a great place to camp if it weren't for the wind.