Elephant Butte Lake
Leaving Tucson at 5:30, our poor driver drove almost 6 hours to meet up at Elephant Butte Lake with another group who left in the morning. We arrived at 11 pm and was greeted with an amazing night view of the lake but with gusty winds and noisy partyers on the the other side of the lake. It's amazing to see a lake in the middle of the desert like water that bubbled up from underground.
Setting up my tent with my brother was quite challenging with the cold, raging winds but once we dove into the tent, it was nice and cozy. We wolfed down our sandwiches and promptly settled into our sleeping bags and awaited sleep to don upon us. But the partyers across the lake kept the bass beats up and screamed into the night, revving the engines of their cars. After a number of angry rages to each other, my brother and I finally dozed off hours later with the wind threatening to pull our fly off the tent.We woke up at 6:30 to quiet murmurs and the lake lapping the shore, the sweet quietness you want when you camp. The sunrise was beautiful as it shined over the lake and brightened the land.
