After leaving Ruidoso this morning...a late start since we only had a few hundred miles to drive today...we drove through the Lincoln Forest. Ruidoso is at about 6,500 feet, and the surrounding mountains, like Sierra Blanca, are about 12,000 ft. So it was refreshingly cool during our morning drive. First stop was in Captain, to visit the Smokey the Bear Museum. Smokey was a young cub...just 10 pounds or so, when he was found during a fire in the Lincoln Forest. He was taken in by the firefighters, burns were treated, and he survived. He was flown to Washington, D.C. Where he spent the next 25 years at the National Zoo until his death in 1976. We paid hoage to Smokey today, and want to remind everyone that "Only you can prevent forest fires".
David
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