Monday, October 17, 2005
SKP The Ranch Co-op, Lakewood, NM - Oct 10-17
This is another SKP co-op, located about 25 mi north of Carlsbad, NM. Some find the area "desolate", but we find it quite attractive with "a lot of sky" as they say. There is currently a low-lighting policy, so it is a good place for stargazing. If we spend more time here in the future we may buy a decent-sized telescope to enjoy some deep-sky viewing.
It's a fairly small co-op, and is very friendly. Our good friends Fred & Linda have a lot here, so the main purpose of the visit was to see them. We enjoyed the co-op so much in general that we put our names and a deposit down for a lot there. When we get the lot (which will probably be in the spring of 2006), we will still keep the Benson co-op lot and visit each one whenever we can. Someday we may decide to give one up, but there's no hurry. It's not expensive to have them and let them be in the rental pool for others to enjoy. We attended lots of social events in the 8 days were here. This place is big on group meals and has some great restaurants to choose from.# posted by Doug and Willie @ 8:15 PM 
