Mom and Pop's RV Park in Farmington, New Mexico

So we were drifting into Farmington, NM after a beautiful drive at 9000 feet through the mountains north west of Santa Fe and we needed a campground. Bradley pulled out Paddie (we call the iPad Paddie) and quickly found a campground that had Wifi. The boys won't stay at a campground that does not have Wifi.

We called ahead and confirmed an empty spot for us and checked prices. But when we drove past it we all agreed we did not want to stay there. So we drove on into the setting sun.

Next we spotted Mom and Pop's RV Park and turned in. It was a wise decision. Pop retired from the Air Force in 1981 and he and his wife full timed for a while at sometime in their lives. One time when he was in Boston he picked up some toy lead molds at a flea market and discovered he had a knack for making molds of small toys and figures, filling them with molten lead and then painting them.

His whole office was filled with painted lead figures. He had individual parts or complete scenes like hangings, Indian gatherings, cattle roundups, signing of the Declaration of Independence, ancient Europe battle scenes, etc. It was wild.

He also had an outdoor train with complete scenes from the American west, the 1920's, etc.

He was a joy to talk to. He only accepted cash and I think he stuffed it into a drawer. He sold nothing else in the office except his toys.

And the finishing touch for this campground was the parrot on top of a camper. We all agreed this was a good stop.