Wednesday, May 28  We continued north on Hwy 522 to our next campsite—Kagya Mila Guru Stupa.  There was no community in residence.  The campsites were numbered and spread out up the slope from the Stupa through the juniper forest.  There was an afternoon meeting on Communication that focused on the policy and criteria for elected officials within the March.  The results were shared at the evening meal, consensed upon, and nominations for the next 3-month term were taken from the group.  The offices are Mayor, 3 Councilmen/women, and 3 Advisory delegates.  Elections will be taken in the coming days before June 1, when the next term begins. The evening concluded when the meal was finished.

Thursday, May 29  We continued north on Hwy 522 to Costilla, NM.  Our next campsite was in a House-for-Sale lot just off 522.  The elevation was 7750 ft.  I drove the Gear truck to the site, unhooked the solar trailer and set it up as usual. Izzy and I decided it was time to start riding bikes. We must be going up a river valley—its fairly flat. The bike lane is at least 5 ft wide.  Izzy caught a shuttle back to the Commode trailer (he stores his bike in the Commode trailer) where it was stopped for a lunch break.  I got my bike out of the Gear truck and rode down to the lunch break.  Izzy and I arrived before the Marchers arrived so when they arrived, we had lunch with them.

There were rain showers to the west across the valley. So right after we had lunch we rode back to camp that made a 13 mile round trip ride for me.  At camp we unloaded the Gear truck and I did some journaling. The sun went behind the clouds, the wind came up and we had a thundershower. The people cooking dinner were working in the shower.  By dinner time the rain quit and we had a cool breeze the rest of the evening.  But it showered on and off all night.