After leaving the Petroglyphs we drove south to Elephant Butte Lake State Park along the shore of Elephant Butte Reservoir. It is the largest state park in New Mexico and surrounds the state's largest reservoir. Elephant Butte Dam, constructed between 1911 and 1916, was a major engineering feat in its day. The 36,000-acre reservoir, created in 1916 across the Rio Grande, is 40 miles long with more than 200 miles of shoreline.
The views were beautiful but the winds were brutal, gusting at over 50 mph. I got a mouth, nose and earful of sand on several occasions!
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