Monday, December 8, 2008
Clayton Lake State Park, Clayton, NM: Oct 29-30
Clayton Lake SP lies 12 miles north of Clayton, NM. There is a wide variety of spaces available for either dry-camping or hookups, situated around a small reservoir. We had originally planned to dry-camp but eventually decided to go with hookups. One of these years we are going to take the state of New Mexico up on its offer of a $225 pass that lets you dry-camp for free for an entire 12-month period. With the pass you can also pay $4/night for electricity. It's the best deal in the country!One of the best dinosaur-track sites in the world can be viewed here. Over 500 fossilized footprints (and tailprints!) made by at least eight different kinds of dinosaurs are visible on the lake's spillway. The tracks were embedded in the mud over 100 million years ago when most of New Mexico was a vast sea.
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 9:57 PM 
