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Sunlit Yucca Branches - Leasburg Dam State Park

Spent a couple minutes taking these yucca plant branches while I was waiting for everyone to use the restroom. Sky was incredibly blue as it normally is in New Mexico. I was on long road trip this summer to the grand canyon to go backpacking several days. We stayed in probably one of the BEST campsites I have ever stayed in ever. It wasn't overcrowded, the facilities were really good, such as covered pubelo coverings. Community use showers were the best the entire 9 day trip. Ok, I'll stop about the camping. Leasburg Dam was considered the luxury camping spot on our trip. We stayed once on the way there and once on the way back. By most standards it was the bare essentials (covered rock pad), but for $10 a night for 4 people, I promise it was better than any Hilton I ever stayed in.

The last night we stayed at Leasburg, we basically had to break in to find a place. We ended up getting back quite late to the park, after 9, and they lock all the gates then, turn off lights, and you can't get in or out. Problem since it was the only place to stay for 50 miles, besides that we could sleep in the economy car, not fun in the middle of the Kmart parking lot. lol. So we ended up jumping the fence, waking some dude with a shotgun in a camper to find out if he knew the code to the gate. We probably looked pretty suspcious at 10 at night. We almost left, and my friend Dan asked is he knew the gate code. He did. We were in luck. So we drove in, and spent the night. :-)