July 1st, 2010 Northern NM & Southern CO

Today was one of those days spent on the interstate system getting from point A to B. It was about 225 miles but the new vehicle pulling the trailer is not as "comfortable" pulling as the truck was. Maybe I'll get used to it one of these days. We flew up I-25 to Trinidad, CO and Trinidad Lake State Park. Our campground directory said that we should use exit 14B off of the interstate. We passed up exit 14 thinking that the next one would be exit 14B. To our surprize the next exit was 13A, with no mention of the state park. So we went north another exit, and turned around for another crack at finding the correct exit. This time, as we headed south, we saw a sign saying that the state park was actually exit 13B. Yeah, we found it! Well, not so fast. When we approached we saw construction and a sign saying that commercial trucks should not use the exit due to tight turns. So we continued south and found an unobstructed exit to use and headed north again for attempt number 3. At this point the old Kingston
Trio song called MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority) was playing in my head. It was a song about poor old Charley who didn't have a nickel and therefore couldn't get off of the train. We did finally find the correct exit off of the interstate only to find that most of Trinidad was under road construction too. Somehow we found our way through the maze and caught the road to the state park. We wanted to spend some time in Trinidad because it is a neat little town, but by the time we arrived at the park we were exhausted. We pulled into our spot, didn't even unhook, did some laundry, took showers, ate, and went to bed. Another exciting day on the road.