Too Much Dip

I'm not talking about too much cheese dip or chip dip I'm talking about "Road Dip" Most of us don't give much thought when we see these signs on a road.

Neither did we as we pulled our 30 ft trailer up the mountain and found this beautiful spot for camping.

 Now a spot like this on the side of a mountain with sunsets like you see below must be expensive. Not the case. We knew we could camp here for free because of our National Park Pass and we were in a hurry to arrive before the gate closed at 5.

 Fortunately we had good wheel chocks and we felt secure for the night even when the wind gusted at times.

 The sunrise was just as beautiful as the sun set and we had a clear view right across the valley.

 Looking across the valley from our campsite in New Mexico, December 18, 2010

When the ranger visited in the morning that's when we realized we had "Too Much Dip" In our haste to reach the campground we didn't stop to read any signs and missed the warning about trailers over 23 feet. We couldn't go forward because of the "dip" ahead of us and didn't know any other way to get off the mountain than back the way we came in. Unfortunately that was a one lane road, one way and full of blind turns. Charlie, the camp host, offered to warn motorist entering the park that we were coming down the entry road and hopefully convince them to wait until we got out.

Fortunately in the 10 minutes we need to traverse the road no one decide to enter the park and we were able to exit safely and with incident, thanks to Charlie and Sandy who came to our rescue.

So next time we see a sign, we will stop and read it and follow their advice before getting ourselves between a rock and a hard place. Hopefully you will do the same.

Have a great day.