Made it to Albuquerque

Friday, April 10, 2009
We left Bentsen Grove Resort this morning about 7:45am and headed West along Hwy 83. I started off driving and drove till we were past Lorado and ready to turn off I-35 and follow Hwy 83 again. That was at Exit 18 and we stopped at the Rest Area which also was an Information Center. While there we ate our lunch then proceeded on with Roger driving. We followed Hwy 83 to Carrizo Springs, then cut across on Hwy 277 till it met up with Hwy 90 in Del Rio. We are now at a Passport America Campground for the night. The campground is called Buzzard Roost , not sure where the name comes from, but the price is right. We got a pull thru and we even have cable TV. I tried getting on the Internet but found out Verizon is on Extended Network and it would of cost me extra.........so that was out of the question. We ended up going about 315 miles today.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
We pulled out of Buzzard Roost Campground about 8:30am. Took Hwy 90 West to Sanderson where we caught Hwy 285 North to Fort Stockton. I must say Hwy 90 was a very good road and had a lot of road side parks to pull off onto. There was hardly any traffic and no cell phone service at all. Roger liked the road, but I was driving so what wasn't there not to like. We got fuel in RV at Sanderson, it was $2.19 a gallon. Put in 50 gallons. We got on I-10 in Fort Stockton after stopping at the Dairy Queen. I told Roger I didn't care what he got, and he brought back 2 banana splits. Like either one of us really needed that. I was thinking more along the lines of a small cone. Guess that is what I get for not speaking up and saying what I wanted. Once we were on our way on I-10 we started getting wind and it continued to get worse. We made it to Van Horn and are now at another Passport America campground. It is called Mountain View, it is right along the interstate, may be a little noisy tonight, but hey, we live by railroad tracks.............so can't be that bad. We do have cable again tonight, but no list of what the stations are, so it will be flip.....flip.....flip all night finding something to watch. Sure miss the Direct TV where you have a on screen guide. Oh well, guess this is what us Rver's call roughing it. LOL
Roger did say he misses Keota. He can remember every time we stop, Keota would want to get out and lift his leg and pee on everything. It does seem strange not having him with us.......it will feel that way for awhile and every time we go someplace were we had him. When we get home, we will have all his toys, bowls, etc around to remind us. We sure miss the little guy.
Easter Sunday
We drove from Van Horn to Las Cruces, NM........it was a short drive and that was a good thing as we had winds again............but not as bad as Saturday. Once again we stayed at a Passport America park. The half price looks good but this campground had alot to be desired. We will not be going back there again. It was Coachlight RV Park off I-10 at exit 140. The lady at the desk was very rude and the whole time we were there we were smelling sewer. I went over to use the bathroom/shower at about 8:30PM and it was all locked up. Crossing that one off our list. We had to unhook the car, even tho we had a pull through. We had been having Taco Salad every noon meal since we left Mission so decided to cook up a Easter Dinner and wow..........we had ham and pineapple frozen pizza. It was good, but not really a great Easter dinner. Decided as long as we were unhooked we would take a car ride and find a Wal-Mart and picked up a few things. Watched a little TV and called it an evening. We did get some phone calls from our kids and it was so good to hear from them.
Monday, April 13, 2009
We drove on into Albuquerque and are now at a KOA north of there in Bernalillo. I had reserved a spot here for the 14th, so we called ahead to see if we could get an extra night for tonight. Ended up with a nice spot..........we are right by office and check in area, so we are watching all the rigs coming in. They have free cable here and it is good as well as free WiFi and it is very good and fast.............so that is what I am using now. After getting settled it we watched Dancing With The Stars............that is one show Roger likes to watch with me.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Today is get ready for Rally day. Got up and headed for the laundry room, as I knew there would be a lot of people doing the same thing today before they head to the rally. Roger washed outside windows and filled the water tank. We will be getting up in morning and dump the holding tanks and head the 8 miles back to Albuquerque, not sure if I will get much of a chance to write then, but I sure will be back with more after the rally.