Monday, May 30, 2022 This Memorial Day got off to a rough start. I woke up with a sore throat and head congestion, probably a bug I contracted at the crowded restaurant last night. Additionally, the weather was overcast and the rain continuing. Conditions had only slightly improved when Stephanie […]

Sunday, May 29, 2022 We had a leisurely Sunday morning including a late breakfast, reading, laundry and a few rounds of the board game Sequence. Rain started mid-morning and continued on and off throughout the day, the first serious rain we’ve seen since leaving North Carolina.  We left the campground

Saturday, May 28, 2022 We got off to an early start departing Colorado Springs and heading up I-25 north to Loveland. We were in traffic most of the way traversing several metro areas but the density really increased as we drove through the Mile-High City, Denver (metro pop. ~ 3

Friday, May 27, 2022 We got off to a late start this morning (11ish), headed east, navigated a passage through the Sangre de Cristos with beautiful scenery, and then turned north on I-25. We were heading to Loveland, CO, but changed plans along the way. Jane wanted to show me

Thursday, May 26, 2022 We departed for Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve in time to make a 10:30 park ranger presentation outside the front of the Visitor Center. We were treated to an educational and fun multi-media presentation about the geologic history of the area. The ranger used

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 This morning we left our north Albuquerque campground and headed northwest through beautiful New Mexican countryside. Mountains were to the east of us most of the drive, the higher peaks covered with snow. After departing the Land of Enchantment, the Coloradan mountains gained height and all

Tuesday, May 24, 2022 After breakfast, we drove north from our campground for less than an hour to Santa Fe Old Town. We visited the information center then walked across the street to tour the state capitol building. After passing through a checkpoint with metal detector, we were able to

Our RV spent much of the Day Here Monday, May 23, 2022 We spent the first part of this morning attending to mundane but necessary activities. Our problem tire was down to 20 psi this morning so Jane found a shop, Big O Tires, less than two miles away that

Sunday, May 22, 2022 We left the Alamogordo KOA Campground about 10:30 after a half-hour delay. Jane had discovered that the outer dual rear tire on the passenger side was flat. I set up our small air-compressor and inflated it to proper pressure (62 psi) and was unable to detect

Saturday, May 21, 2022 After breakfast in the RV, we departed for White Sands National Park (formerly, National Monument) around 10:20. We arrived after a 25 minute drive south from the campground. As soon as we stepped into the Visitor Center, we hustled to the theatre to catch an informative

Friday, May 20, 2022 We left the Carlsbad KOA around 9:30 this morning and couldn’t resist taking a detour through Roswell, NM. After about an hour, we arrived in Roswell and cautiously squoze the RV+toad into two parking spaces in the smallish parking lot of the International UFO Museum and

Thursday, May 19, 2022 I took my first real shower in three days in the campground bathhouse. (While boondocking, we had been conserving freshwater in our storage tank.) Employing leftovers, we breakfasted on Janie’s famous Tex-Mex omelets and toast (made from Oswald homemade bread). We then drove south to the

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 We left the Oswald Vineyard about 9:30, stopped for diesel fuel along the way, and arrived at the Carlsbad KOA Campground (about 12 miles north of Carlsbad) around 11:30. We entered both a new state, New Mexico, and a new time zone, Mountain Daylight Time. At

Tuesday, May 17, 2022 I fell asleep last night with winds rocking the RV and flashes of lightning all around us. Jane said I slept through the worst of the storm. For all its fury, only a few tenths of an inch of rain had fallen and the ground was