We got up at 3:00 am today. That was either because we are turning into travel junkies or Rick is trying to kill me! Actually I got dressed quick so I didn’t wake up and promptly fall asleep in the co-pilot’s chair. (Some co-pilot).
The RV park was on a bluff overlooking the city. Albuquerque is in a valley and when we stopped for gas before leaving town, it was spread out at our feet, sparkling like jewels in a huge bowl.
The land is mostly scrub brush. It stretches the eyes…the only problem is…there’s nothing to see when they get there! I was starting to yearn for the sight of a tree….and even large bushes were getting the once over! (grin) There are sunflowers everywhere.. Saw one sad thing…there is nothing as far as the eye can see to spray paint on, so the local youth were writing on the roadway. Where there is a will there is a way!
We pulled off the road at a McDonald’s to get a coke and stretch our legs. Here we are sitting in the RV in perfect comfort, sipping on our cokes, and there is a homeless person upended in the dumpster. How easy it is to take our lives for granted. We are so lucky and so blessed.
We’ve found a KOA in Amarillo that also has a modem! It is much easier to handle E-mail on the road then we had realized. Had some replies…what a neat feeling! We stopped early to play catch up with the laundry and other housekeeping chores. The wind is picking up and the flags all around the park are standing straight out. We were sitting at the picnic table and Rick said Turn around and there was a rainbow! Grabbed the camera bag and started off…missed the rainbow but photographed a golden field and massive cumulus clouds. I can’t get over the skies they have in this area. It is so nice we have decided to stay an extra day.
Gas prices are UNDER a dollar…Yea!