Brantley Lake State Park, Carlsbad, NM (Part 1)

I’ve been at Brantley Lake State Park now for about 7 days. The facilities have been clean and the park hosts and rangers have been helpful and friendly. I have met some nice people, the weather has been perfect and it’s close enough to Carlsbad that I can run in for ice, laundry and supplies. The scenery is stark (desert), quiet and beautiful. Temperature has been running mid-80s during the day, little or no humidity and then 50s at night. Here are some photos I have taken so far since I’ve been here.

Moon rising the first night I was at Brantley

Holly is on her way to Arizona. That’s her cute 13′ Scamp. She builds a mean fire

2nd night, rangers told Holly she couldn’t build a ground fire. Park host found her a makeshift fire ring?

Best sunsets ever

The road to get to the park is an open range. Have to watch out for beef on hoof.

Here I come honey

Stretch and I have been exploring the trails. This one was supposed to take us to the lake

It was a dead end and the mosquitos found us both. We retreated quickly.

I saw something flash by my campsite one day, didn’t actually see what it was, just that something raced by. It must have been one of these, I think.

I’m coming in

I made it

Brantley Lake State Park is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of Carlsbad, New Mexico. The park takes its name from Brantley Lake, a man-made reservoir created when Brantley Dam was built across the Pecos River in the 1980s.