Our Location today is at the Alamogordo/White Sands K.O.A.
NM.
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on the pictures to Enlarge.
We were both up by 7:00 this morning probably
because we knew deep down inside that we were back on the road again
today. Hot Cereal and Coffee/Tea was a must for
breakfast before we started closing things up. Kathy’s Arthritis
was adding to her discomfort but she didn’t let that stop her.
By 8:30 we were outside adding to our Fresh
Water Tank and dumping the rest. It has been cold enough at night
that we only connected the Electric so we made certain we were
ready to go “Off the Grid”. Once we were packed away we
stopped at the corner Fuel Station just to top up our Diesel
because you don’t know what you’ll find down the road.
The other day I had researched our route
finding what I thought would be the best direction to go. Our GPS
needed some convincing because it planned on heading back towards
Amarillo where all the Cold
and Snow was. Finally heading south on US-180
we were soon traveling through the Guadeloupe
Mountain Range. As soon as they appeared Kathy never lost
focus on the trip.
We stopped at one of the Roadside Rest Areas
where we had a lite-lunch. I’m still monitoring the problem we were
having with the truck. The Border Patrol swung through making
certain we weren’t pulling any funny business.
The southern route we took did bring us through
El Paso,
Texas where
we again topped off our fuel before continuing through the maze of
Construction.
As we approached our planned route our GPS
started wanting us to turn up Private
Driveways as if they were Highways
even though
we had mostly
clear skies for most of the day. Those
cause delays that we didn’t need and soon we were trying to beat
the Clock since
the Sun
sets at 4:55 MST.
We had planned on spending time on BLM
Land but being unfamiliar with the
area and everywhere we looked all we saw were
fenced in properties we chose the sure way of spending the night.
It only took a few minutes and we were backed in to a nice corner
site. After driving 273 Miles today we now
need time to do our chores, just relax
for a few days along with see
some Sights
in the area.
Supper
tonight was Chicken
Noodle Soup and
Strawberries
with Cool Whip.
Thank
you for following along and feel free to leave a comment.
Be Safe and
Enjoy!
It’s about time.
Krackers
Joke
of the Day
Q:
What do Arctic
Explorers
get from sitting on the ice too long?
A:
Polaroids.
That supper sure looks tasty. The day is always better when you have chicken soup.
ReplyDeleteHoping you enjoy a few days of down time. Beautiful drive you had. Sometimes you just do better to go with the KOA or something similar and you can scout out where to go when you're nice and rested. Have fun
ReplyDeleteRick does Kathy know you hanging around with another female? She's sure eyeing you better be careful.
ReplyDeleteAnother gorgeous day in the desert warm days cool nights. be safe don't lesson to the GPS just head West.
Hate driving thru El Paso. Looks like it was easy breezy for you.
ReplyDeleteBoy, I hate it when my GPS thinks I'm going North when I'm clearly headed SW, or has me traveling off-road when I know i'm on a highway! Hope it gets better for you!
ReplyDeleteGood to see you have made it south of the snow/ice/rain belt (hopefully). Enjoy New Mexico!
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ReplyDeleteI hope that you enjoyed the ride and That Chicken noodle soup recipe looks so yummy..
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