Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
Dawn, Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM, April 24, 2010
Hidden Valley RV Park is an older 100 site park on a wooded hillside off NM 333 just east of Tijeras, New Mexico with basic gravel sites and full hookups. It's nothing fancy but is quiet (except for I-40 traffic climbing out of ABQ) and clean and handy to Albuquerque. The sites are a little small and close together by today's standards but are quite serviceable.
Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- This is an older, 100 site, dirt pad, full hookup, RV park on a wooded hillside. The sites are a little small and close together by today's standards but are quite serviceable, quiet and clean.
- Verizon cell phone and Broadband service are available here with a strong signal.
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Nights I've camped here
- Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- So much for Albuquerque. I came here in large part to get the front end checked out and aligned to correct the altered right front tire wear that cropped up on the way out here with the trailer. But once I took a really close look at the tire wear and the mileage on the tire I decided it was not excessive and scuttled the plan. Image: Hickory walking stick, November 8, 2011.
- Monday, November 7, 2011 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- Well, I moved over near Albuquerque today to get on with my chores here and head south before winter sets in. I didn't get here quite soon enough I guess. It's been snowing lightly this afternoon and overnight temps in the mid twenties are forecast for the next few nights. Bah! Image: On Point, Sumner Lake State Park, Fort Sumner NM, November 4, 2011.
- Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- Oh poo. The refrigerator shipment has been delayed a day. Image: Pink-sided Junco, Bosque National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, January 24, 2011.
- Monday, March 21, 2011 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- Image: Goldfinch, Bosque National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, January 24, 2011.
- Sunday, March 20, 2011 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- Image: Marsh Wren, Bosque National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, January 24, 2011.
- Saturday, March 19, 2011 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- Image: Get a Grip, Merlin, Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM, February 9, 2011.
- Friday, March 18, 2011 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- Image: Merlin, Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM, February 9, 2011.
- Thursday, March 17, 2011 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- I drove up to Albuquerque yesterday so I could easily make it to Tom's RV Services and Sales first thing in the morning right on schedule to get the new Dometic refrigerator they ordered for me installed. I and the refrigerator arrived on schedule. However... Image: Poo, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio NM, March 6, 2011.
- Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- The tech at the Genius Bar in the Apple store replaced the swollen battery in my laptop for a not so small fee. I had hoped they would warrantee it but no dice. Man, that store was mobbed! - in an upscale mall with very few folks wandering around the other stores. Apple must be doing something right. Image: Keep on Truckin', Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM, March 6, 2011.
- Thursday, April 29, 2010 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- Image: Triplex, Inca Dove, San Antonio NM, April 15, 2010.
- Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- Image: Buds & Cuds, San Antonio NM, April 16, 2010.
- Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- Image: Turkey Vulture, San Antonio NM, April 16, 2010.
- Monday, April 26, 2010 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- Image: Spring in the Valley, San Antonio NM, April 16, 2010.
- Sunday, April 25, 2010 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- Image: The Plot Thickens, White-crowned Sparrows, San Antonio NM, April 17, 2010.
- Saturday, April 24, 2010 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- Bah! - I was out too early this morning and besides, I found myself disconcerted by the trees and came back with just a few pictures - all lousy. I haven't had to figure trees into my picture taking for a long time. Image: Dawn, Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM, April 24, 2010.
- Friday, April 23, 2010 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- Image: White-winged Dove, Bosque Birdwatchers RV Park, San Antonio NM, April 21, 2010.
- Thursday, April 22, 2010 - Hidden Valley RV Park, Tijeras NM
- Boy am I going to miss my morning walks in this bounteous Rio Grande valley. I've had a great 3 month stay here at the Bosque, spring is well under way, and now it's time for me to head east for the summer. I'm pulling out today on the first leg of that long journey. Image: Great Egret, San Antonio NM, April 21, 2010.
When Hope Dies
When you give up on hope, something even better happens than it not killing you, which is that in some sense it does kill you. You die. And there's a wonderful thing about being dead, which is that they—those in power—cannot really touch you anymore. Not through promises, not through threats, not through violence itself. Once you're dead in this way, you can still sing, you can still dance, you can still make love, you can still fight like hell—you can still live because you are still alive, more alive in fact than ever before. You come to realize that when hope died, the you who died with the hope was not you, but was the you who depended on those who exploit you, the you who believed that those who exploit you will somehow stop on their own, the you who believed in the mythologies propagated by those who exploit you in order to facilitate that exploitation. The socially constructed you died. The civilized you died. The manufactured, fabricated, stamped, molded you died. The victim died.
And who is left when that you dies? You are left. Animal you. Naked you. Vulnerable (and invulnerable) you. Mortal you. Survivor you. The you who thinks not what the culture taught you to think but what you think. The you who feels not what the culture taught you to feel but what you feel. The you who is not who the culture taught you to be but who you are. The you who can say yes, the you who can say no.