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Summer & Fall 2022 – Not typical…
It has been a good long while since we did a blog post (June 9!). Let’s just say this summer and fall have not been typical nor quite what we expected. I have had to look a calendar to see…
Popping in and out of Las Cruces
The past month we have been popping in and out of Las Cruces as the build of our house starts. I’m not going to detail all the house progress in this blog, after all this is a travel blog. We…
Spaceport America
Did you watch the televised hype around Sir Richard Branson becoming the first billionaire to go into space? I did. And I distinctly recall how he rode his bike to the launch site at Spaceport America. (Video can be viewed…
Chasing 70 (degrees…not years).
Let’s first start with the good news. Following up on the E. Coli knee infection from last August, Jim had a tele-medicine with the infectious disease doctor back in Rochester a few days ago. All his blood infection markers look…
Finally Home
We are finally home from Las Cruces, New Mexico. Jim was released from the rehab hospital on Monday, August 15. In anticipation of that event and knowing that Jim would not be able to drive the RV (and his reluctance…
The winds of Spring
We were told by our Las Cruces realtor that “Las Cruces has its windy season this month and next.” I believe he meant April and May. But I remarked back; “And come May, you will again say Las Cruces has…
Time for a change.
We left Arkansas about 2 weeks ago and made our way into Oklahoma and spent three nights at a lovely Corp of Engineers campground on a reservoir. After that, we decided to work our way across Texas to New Mexico.…
Westward Ho!
We had discovered the Texas coast of the Gulf of Mexico could be damp and well, yucky, in January. Our plan of wandering around Texas would have to wait for another time. Still, our coastal experience brought a surprise. I…
Rusty’s RV Ranch…again
When we last left you, we were high-tailing it out of Galveston aiming for the Phoenix area. We executed a 5:00 a.m. start in the hopes of avoiding Houston rush hour. Let me just say I think Houston’s rush hour…