Hike Day 3 began with a short walk into Abreu homestead. This camp is set up to demonstrate how homesteaders lived when New Mexico became a state in 1912. The residence is an adobe construction complete with icebox, wood burning stove, and a sink pump (but there was a "new" faucet installed recently to replace the pump). The young staffer who toured us through the home played America the Beautiful on the pump organ while we sang along.
Outside, a different staffer allowed the scouts to do help out by digging mud for adobe bricks. The visit finished with a cold root beer purchase (with exact change) at the Mexican cantina. 
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