November 24 thru November 29
We spent the last six days in Albuquerque.Terrific resort park.They had three boxes of mail we had forwarded.Our mail will get forwarded every week once we stay in one spot for a while.We simply call our small town post office, in Wolfeboro, and give them an address.The first day here we drove over to Kirtland Air Force Base.Lindy emptied out the commissary(supermarket) and then we did damage at the BX.This base dates back to before WW2 I think.Lots of bombardier training was conducted on a large scale.The next day our friends from Colorado arrived in Albuquerque after a 400+ mile drive to spend Thanksgiving with us.We had a great time with them and talked a lot about the "motorhome" life style.They are very interested in doing it and naturally had lots of questions.We were happy to help since we went thru a similar investigation prior to buying our motorhome.I hope they enjoy it as much as we do.We meet lots of nice ,interesting people.The day before Thanksgiving the four of us drove to Santa Fe.About a sixty mile ride and climb to almost 7000 feet above sea level.It was hard to breath walking uphill and trying to talk!Lots of neat shops and an inordinant amount of "artist" displays.Mostly sculptures and some paintings.At least fifty or more shops!Lindy & I were treated to a great lunch by our friends.We drove back to our motorhome later on to enjoy some macaroni and cheese Lindy had prepared.We got a good nights sleep and awoke early to see the Macy's parade on TV.Always good to see NY after all these years away from it.When our friends, Karen & Bruce arrived in the morning, the girls prepared the side dishes we would provide for the Thanksgiving dinner.
In the afternoon, we went over to the "clubhouse".About twenty five to thirty other RV'ers were there to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner.There were many great dishes provided by the guests and four turkeys provide by the park.It was a feast!What great food!We met many nice folks and enjoyed another couple that we got together with later on to see their coach.They hope to visit us in Palm Springs on their way west.Unfortunately, right after desert, a huge thunderstorm blew in with strong winds, hail & snow.Bruce and I beat feet back to the motorhome to comfort their dog,Brandy.We had to leave Brandy and Daisy there while we were at the clubhouse.Brandy is terrified of thunderstorms.So that was an early end to the day.Lots of unsettled weather to the north was responsible for our friends to depart early next morning as they had a long drive to make.We had a great time with them and hope we will see them in their very own coach in the future.To finish off the week, Lindy and I returned to "old town" to re-visit a store Lindy found some interest in.We got her an early xmas present of a beautiful silver inlaid stone bracelet made by a local american indian.We finished the day by preparing for a morning launch to Las Cruces New Mexico.We'll spend saturday night there and sunday night in Tuscon(at Davis-Monathan AFB) before arriving for our one month stay in Casa Grande, Arizona.We are enjoying the hell out of this.Stay tuned.