Mar 20, 2020 - Coronavirus - USA Border - No Problema

That insidious alarm again did it’s thing at 5:00 Friday morning, with the San Carlos harbor lights still twinkling in the darkness below. While Jill showered I did my required duties, including pouring the excess cooler water down the toilet, hauling the cooler down to 2nd floor to the only operational ice machine in the entire hotel, then getting myself fed on a couple more of Jill’s sugar rolls. Despite being bagged in the cooler, the rolls were beginning to show their age, so much so that they no longer met the original owner’s exacting...

Mar 14, 2020 - Albuquerque, NM

Headed out I-40 to Route 66 RV Park Resort about 8 miles west of Albuquerque, NM. This is an RV Park at the Acoma Nation Casino. Relatively new park that we stayed at several years ago. Very nice and spacious park with beautiful sunrises. We stayed here for three nights and was our first experience with limited grocery items.

Mar 7, 2020 - "Mining" Our Own Business

We are now in Silver City, a beautiful town in southwestern New Mexico that sits at 6,000 feet and has moderate temperatures year round. We are staying at another Elks Lodge that sits atop a hill overlooking the city and mountains surrounding the area. We have had all types of weather while here; everything from sunny days, high winds and rain, freezing rain/ice and now it is once again full sunshine. Silver City was founded in 1870 as a result of the discovery of silver in the surrounding hillsides and many of the buildings from that era...

Feb 25, 2020 - Back to Mountain Time

Our goal yesterday was to reach Rockhound State park to spend a couple of nights. But it seemed that everyone else had the same idea, as there were no spots available. We really needed to stay here as the winds were roaring again, so eventually settled on a Good Sam campground. It is very nice, though a little pricier than I wanted, and elected to stay for 2 nights to drive in between winds. Tomorrow looks like a good day to make it to Tucson. Now if we could only get the kitty back on this time zone as 5 AM is not my favorite time to get up!

Feb 15, 2020 - Sundance RV Park and Saloon

Drove to our camping spot at Earpe CA for the next 2 months. This is in the Parker, CA area. Beautiful park but cell service is poor so going thru technology withdrawals. We are right on the river and is gorgeous. Want to an awesome fire works display that evening with our friend Dan Giles at Lake Havasu City.

Feb 8, 2020 - Got Shot and then Shot 2 More Times

I want to thank God for bringing my Pain Doctor into this world and giving him the knowledge to help me. Tuesday was my doctor appointment for my herniated disc and sciatic pain....I'll tell you about right before my appointment in a minute...The doc put me on my stomach on his worktable and cleaned my lower back about 3 times before inserting a needle with maybe lidocane and didn't wait very long until he shoved the big needle into my spine with the steroid. It hurt and then hurt a little more and then he said he was all done. No hot baths...

Jan 29, 2020 - 3:00 AM

What the hell is this. I've been getting out of bed almost everyday between 3 and 3:30 due to pain in either my lower back, my knee, or my lower leg. This all started about the first of the year and I already had a scheduled appointment with my primary care doctor on Jan 7th and he ordered Xrays, PT, a pain medicine doctor and a chiropractor. On the morning of Jan 12th, my 70th birthday I asked Judy to take me to the Emergency Room. This getting old is for the birds I want you to know. I ended up getting a MRI and found out that I have 3...

Jan 24, 2020 - January 24, 2020 – Sun City, Arizona to Albuquerque, New Mexico

January 24, 2020 – Sun City, Arizona to Albuquerque, New Mexico This morning Sue and I went out for breakfast. When we were both in Emporia, our ritual was that every Sunday morning we would have breakfast together at the Valley Inn. She said that she had only been out to breakfast once in the last 5 years so it was a treat for her and for me to have breakfast together. After breakfast, we went to the hospital to see Alice. I visited with her for a while and witnessed her signature on her living will and some other legal documents. Then,...

Jan 21, 2020 - January 21, 2020 – Las Cruces, New Mexico

January 21, 2020 – Las Cruces, New Mexico I decided to stay another day in Las Cruces. It was raining today, and I just didn’t want to drive in it. I did go back to the Veterans Park to see the Bataan Death March memorial. The whole park is one of the best that I have seen. There are memorials for every war, and a wall which lists the names of men who were killed in every war the US has been involved in except the Revolutionary War. If it hadn’t been raining right down, I would have spent a bit more time there. However, I made a somewhat...

Jan 20, 2020 - January 20, 2020 – Alamogordo to Las Cruces, New Mexico

January 20, 2020 – Alamogordo to Las Cruces, New Mexico This morning, I drove back up the mountain that I came down in the dark last night. It was a pretty drive, and I’m glad that I did it. I stopped at the New Mexico Museum of Space History. The museum wasn’t open, but there was plenty to see in the “rocket garden”. This museum was built to bring attention to New Mexico’s role in space exploration. Ham, the world’s 1st Astrochimp, is buried on the grounds. The rocket garden is named for John “Fastest Man Alive” Stapp who was an Alamogordo...

Jan 19, 2020 - January 19, 2020 – Hobbs to Alamogordo, New Mexico

January 19, 2020 – Hobbs to Alamogordo, New Mexico I found the Hobbs Air Field when I was looking for something else. This was an active air field during WW2. There is nothing there now except a marker and a gate across a road which goes into the empty field. My main objective today was Carlsbad Caverns National Park. It was a nice drive to White’s City which is at the entrance to the park. The 7 mile drive up the canyon to the top of the mountain where the caves are was a delight. I cannot go into caves and certainly not one that is 800’...

Jan 18, 2020 - January 18, 2020 – Sweetwater, Texas to Hobbs, New Mexico

January 18, 2020 – Sweetwater, Texas to Hobbs, New Mexico This morning I visited the National WASP Museum. The WASPs are a little known group of women who were the 1st ever to fly aircraft in the US military. They paved the way for the women who went into space and who fly all kinds of aircraft in combat and non-combat conditions today. Each year there is a reunion held at the Museum. This year’s reunion had only 2 attendees. There are only 30 or so of these remarkable still living. Just like the men who fought in WW2, these veterans are...