No GOAL for the next two days, just relaxation! Stew STEW STEW! We spent many hours over in the hot tubs. Friday we spent a number of hours during the day and again in the evening in the communal pools. Like us the cats spent lots of their time soaking… Soaking up Sun that is.… Continue reading TW Day 24 to 25: Friday 11/26/2021 thru Saturday 11/27/2021
Category: Trip West Log
The dates in the Trip West
TW Day 23: Thursday 11/25/2021
Thanksgiving! Boy do we have a lot to be thankful for! We started our day out sleeping in, and then having Mimosas with our breakfast. While the 5 lb turkey was thawing in warm water, Rob and Deryl headed across the street to the spa in our swim suits. The Riverbed hot spring spa is… Continue reading TW Day 23: Thursday 11/25/2021
TW Day 22: Wednesday 11/24/2021
Goal: The Very Large Array and Truth or Consequences Looking at the maps and route, Rob discovers that we will be passing close (for the west) to the Karl G. Jansky Very large Array. The VLA is a set of 27 large radio telescopes arranged with 9 dishes on each leg of a Y shaped… Continue reading TW Day 22: Wednesday 11/24/2021
TW Day 21: Tuesday 11/23/2021
Goal: Enjoy the Valley of Fires Last night as we drifted off to sleep we heard distant coyotes. It was cold last night. The night time temperatures dipped down below 25 degrees. Our propane furnace was able to keep us warm, but we did wake up to the water hose being frozen. Luckily the hose… Continue reading TW Day 21: Tuesday 11/23/2021
TW Day 20: Monday 11/22/2021
Goal: Valley of Fires, NM Today was an easy drive of 97 miles. We rose early, because we wanted to arrive early at our next destination. Valley of Fires is a Bureau of Land Management(BLM) Recreation area, with limited RV sites. Camping there is on a first come, first serve basis, NO RESERVATIONS! We took… Continue reading TW Day 20: Monday 11/22/2021
TW Day 19: Sunday 11/21/2021
Goal: Roswell, New Mexico Last night we battened the hatches, and stowed 90% of the gear. This enabled us to be up, undocked in 25 minutes, and on the road by 9:31 am. While we only have a short drive, we want to get to our destination early so that we can do some sightseeing… Continue reading TW Day 19: Sunday 11/21/2021
TW Day 18: Saturday 11/20/2021
Today we toured Carlsbad Caverns National Park. There are in fact 2 different cave systems that are open to the public inside the park. In fact there are a number of other caves have been discovered inside the park as well. The other caves, are not open to the public. Our theory is that the… Continue reading TW Day 18: Saturday 11/20/2021
TW Day 17: Friday 11/19/2021
Goal: Whites City, NM We spent an hour and a half this morning doing spring trip home planning while we had our breakfast and coffees. Still lots of ideas about what we might do for the return trip in the spring. No reservations or commitments yet. Part of the reason is that while we have… Continue reading TW Day 17: Friday 11/19/2021
TW Day 16: Thursday 11/18/2021
Visit Clovis, New Mexico Clovis is a large city for NM. Trains are the big business, followed by cattle, and hosting an air force base. As a result we decided we would get several errands done today. First we ran around town to various stores picking up some groceries. We were looking for lunch box… Continue reading TW Day 16: Thursday 11/18/2021
TW Day 15: Wednesday 11/17/2021
Goal: Reach Clovis, New Mexico We learned that the song lyric, “Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping ‘cross the plains”, is COMPLETElY true. Last night the Oklahoma wind picked up. The temperatures dropped to last night down to 25 degrees fahrenheit. We were greeted this morning with 30 mph cold wind across the plains. The… Continue reading TW Day 15: Wednesday 11/17/2021