Mar 15, 2019 - Winery Fun

Spent half the day at Rockhound SP in very brisk winds and cold temps in low thirties. Then moved 8 miles down the road to St Clair Vineyard & Winery. Camped here in their parking lot with several others doing the same. Friday night is live music night in the tasting room, so after dinner we headed over and really enjoyed the evening. A lady played drums and her husband the guitar playing and singing some great tunes of the Eagles, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and many more (and really old song "Crazy" by Patsy Cline). They were very talented and...

Mar 14, 2019 - Albuquerque to Tucson

Passing through Hatch, NM. legendary farming site for the best green chile in the world. Notice the word 'chile' spelled with an "e". The federal government passed a law sponsored by New Mexico senators specifying the word in NM is spelled Chile, not Chili. When in NM the word chile refers to a green vegatable (which turns red when ripened) that varies in spicyness from mild to very hot. It is used in NM to garnish everything edible including but not limited to all sandwiches, soups, stews, pinto beans, desserts, meats, other vegetables,...

Mar 11, 2019 - Carlsbad, Guadalupe and Big Bend National Parks.

Many of you who are following us Instagram and Facebook know our trip has a National Park focus. After our Albuquerque stop, we headed for Carlsbad Cavern NP, Guadalupe Mountains NP and Big Bend NP. We camped at Brantley Lake State Park near Carlsbad. New Mexico State Parks are great places to stay. Our site on top of the hill overlooking the lake was perfect. We met a couple there who have full timed for 22 years! We love our RV experience so far but 22 years! Wow! Carlsbad Cavern is huge. There is no claustrophobic issues here. The...

Mar 8, 2019 - Change in Intinerary

One rule in RVing is "Be Flexible" Due to the quick sale of our Abq house, we had to modify our previous travel plan by eliminating some Arizona state park stops before and after the big RV Rally in Tucson. Return to the our trip journal home page and click on the itinerary box in the upper right corner to view our revised plan.

Mar 7, 2019 - Back Home Albuquerque

We left Las Vegas early this morning. Believe it or not, we drove all the way back to Albuquerque in one day, a total of 605 miles. We had planned to stop at a hotel halfway, but when we got there, we were not tired, so we just kept rolling. That is one of the longest drives we have made in one day. :-) We drove home a different way and passed by a lot of beautiful views of Lake Mead. We saw the exit to go by Hoover Dam also but chose to move on. We love staying in hotels for a changeup for a few days and then we start missing our RV. It...

Mar 6, 2019 - Things are a-happenin'

Well folks, it's March 6th and we are in the our Motorhome at Enchanted Trails RV Park 9 miles west of Albuquerque on site E8. The house on Kachina St went on sale Sunday Feb 24th. We got an all cash offer to buy on the following Thursday Feb 28th. After a few days of counter offers regarding closing costs we accepted the offer on Sunday Mar 3rd. House inspection occurred today just after we climbed aboard the RV and headed to the RV Park. We won't know the results of the inspection for another 24-48 hours. The buyers wanted to close the...

Feb 24, 2019 - Celebrating Friendship in Albuquerque

Tonight we are writing from Brantley Lake State Park outside of Carlsbad Cavern National Park in New Mexico. We left Albuquerque a day late and with mixed emotion. Happy to be headed for two National Parks this week. So sad to leave Dan and Liz our dear friends in Albuquerque. We had a phenomenal Albuquerque visit. All 17 days of it!!!! You may be wondering why we stayed 17 days in Albuquerque. These words by Dinah Craik best describe Why? "Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh...

Feb 21, 2019 - Cochise to Deming

We had planned to stay at Dennis’ ranch (The Stronghold Ranch) in Cochise for 3 nights, but with another winter storm rolling in with predictions of up to 6’” of snow near the Dragoon Mountains, we decided to leave a day early on Wednesday. We packed everything up and were ready to go by noon, but we had to wait on Dennis to get back from a run into Tucson so we could pay him for the work he did and to say our goodbyes. When we first met Dennis, we were early into our fulltime adventure and spent a week in the small town of Cottondale...

Feb 17, 2019 - February Catch-Up

We have had a very busy month, this will be a fast update for all we have done. February 6th was our anniversary, we had snow and decided to just stay in and enjoy a take out pizza. For Valentine’s Day, we celebrated at the Route 66 Casino Resort, they had a wonderful buffet with all the snow crab legs you could eat and much more. We both love crab legs and both got our fill. :) When we have crab legs we fill up on them and hardly eat anything else with them, we did try a bite of steak and some sushi with them. It was a little pricey at $36...

Feb 8, 2019 - Open House

Hello again, for all of our Albuquerque friends, We are planning a short stay at Enchanted Trails RV Park here in Albuquerque to set up our motorhome and test out some recently installed upgrades before we head out of town. On Thursday, March 7, 2019 we invite you stop by and check out our new home on-wheels. We will be fully hooked up and stocked so you can check things out about our living conditions aboard. We will be there all day, so stop by anytime that is convenient for you, daytime or evening, and enjoy a beverage and snack as you...

Feb 6, 2019 - Las Cruces and White Sands

Las Cruces NM was the next stop on our cross country tour. Interestingly, we didn’t know anyone here and really didn’t have a “purpose” for visiting. It just looked like a good place to stop and celebrate Cathys birthday. It turned out to be a remarkable visit. We parked the RV at the Hacienda RV resort. Normally anything with resort in the name we pass on, however the location was perfect. It was near the historic town of Mesilla, which was on our list of places to see. Per our normal operating practice, we found a local brewery, High...

Feb 5, 2019 - Starting to wrap things up.

Transition activities are in full force. (Some of this has been mentioned earlier) * Met with realtor. All looks good for a relatively quick sale of the house at a price that we were expecting. Sue & I are separating everything into groups. Things that we will attempt to take aboard the RV. Things we will include in a planned on-line auction that will be held as soon as we accept an offer on the house. Things that we will put in storage at a Abq. storage facility. The rv stuff is being loaded into the rv as soon as we feel that an item...