Night view of Las Cruces from KOA (not a good picture) much more beautiful.
We organized everything this morning in preparation of leaving. We drove the car into town and had breakfast at the Pecos River Cafe. The place was packed but we got a table right away and had a great breakfast.
We returned to the RV Park, loaded the car and left around 10:00 for Las Cruces. Today we will only drive around 150 miles to reach Las Cruces. As we drove the weather kept warming up and Larry was roasting with the sun coming in the windows on his side. He actually stripped off his sweatshirt and put on a short sleeve T-shirt. We were somewhere near El Paso when I got up and walked back to the kitchen to prepare us a snack since it was getting into the afternoon. We had a cheese ball so I got out a box of crackers and was spreading cheese on them when Larry slammed on the break and I went flying to the front of the motor home. I came to a halt when I slammed my head into the wood trim of the slideout behind the drivers seat. I layed there for a long time trying to decide if I was dead or alive. My head hurt like hell so I was pretty sure I was alive. Larry didn't have a spot to pull off the road so he just kept asking me if I was ok and telling me he was really sorry. I finally struggled up to my knee and pulled myself up and my hand was full of cheese and crumbled cracker. When I hit the floor, Charlie came racing up front and later I saw the litterbox was halfway to the kitchen and there were about 3 or 4 wet spots on the floor in front of the litterbox that looked like cat urine. As I was cleaning up spilled water from the cats water dish and the dried cat food thrown all over the place, I got to thinking that Charlie must have been thrown out of the litterbox when Larry hit the breaks. I have not seen Charlie move that fast for 15 years. His normal day consists of sleeping on the bed or the chair 23 hours a day. The only time he moves is to use the litterbox. My head has a nice bump on my forehead and with any luck at all I will have a black eye. On Monday I was doing something up near the dash of the motor home and raised up and almost bored a hole through the top of my head when I hit the edge of the TV that hangs overhead. So what I still HAD in the way of a brain is much compromised after today. The moral of this story is keep your rear in your seat while traveling.
We stopped for fuel near El Paso ,TX and it was warm enough to walk around without our coats for the first time since we left Peoria. I looked at the weather forecast for Mesa and they are calling for 70 degrees and sunshine for the next 10 days. I guess all the nasty weather we have driven through will be worth it if the forecast is right.
We arrived in Las Cruces at the KOA around 3:30. When we got parked and hooked up, I started laundry and then cleaned inside a little. Everything is so dusty and dirty from our trip to Alaska and from everyone working on the inside doing repairs for the past 3 months. I still have a lot to clean but will slowly get it done. We stayed at this KOA last year on our way to Mesa and it is very nice, clean and scenic. The park sets up on a hillside overlooking the town. It is really beautiful at night with all the lights of the city. We will decide tomorrow if we are staying here the second night or driving on toward Mesa tomorrow. The office at Silveridge closes early on Saturday so we will have to make arrangements with them tomorrow to leave our checkin information at the guard gate as we will arrive after the office closes, if we travel from here Saturday morning. We arranged to arrive late last year and there were no problems so I'm assuming we can do the same again.
We returned to the RV Park, loaded the car and left around 10:00 for Las Cruces. Today we will only drive around 150 miles to reach Las Cruces. As we drove the weather kept warming up and Larry was roasting with the sun coming in the windows on his side. He actually stripped off his sweatshirt and put on a short sleeve T-shirt. We were somewhere near El Paso when I got up and walked back to the kitchen to prepare us a snack since it was getting into the afternoon. We had a cheese ball so I got out a box of crackers and was spreading cheese on them when Larry slammed on the break and I went flying to the front of the motor home. I came to a halt when I slammed my head into the wood trim of the slideout behind the drivers seat. I layed there for a long time trying to decide if I was dead or alive. My head hurt like hell so I was pretty sure I was alive. Larry didn't have a spot to pull off the road so he just kept asking me if I was ok and telling me he was really sorry. I finally struggled up to my knee and pulled myself up and my hand was full of cheese and crumbled cracker. When I hit the floor, Charlie came racing up front and later I saw the litterbox was halfway to the kitchen and there were about 3 or 4 wet spots on the floor in front of the litterbox that looked like cat urine. As I was cleaning up spilled water from the cats water dish and the dried cat food thrown all over the place, I got to thinking that Charlie must have been thrown out of the litterbox when Larry hit the breaks. I have not seen Charlie move that fast for 15 years. His normal day consists of sleeping on the bed or the chair 23 hours a day. The only time he moves is to use the litterbox. My head has a nice bump on my forehead and with any luck at all I will have a black eye. On Monday I was doing something up near the dash of the motor home and raised up and almost bored a hole through the top of my head when I hit the edge of the TV that hangs overhead. So what I still HAD in the way of a brain is much compromised after today. The moral of this story is keep your rear in your seat while traveling.
We stopped for fuel near El Paso ,TX and it was warm enough to walk around without our coats for the first time since we left Peoria. I looked at the weather forecast for Mesa and they are calling for 70 degrees and sunshine for the next 10 days. I guess all the nasty weather we have driven through will be worth it if the forecast is right.
We arrived in Las Cruces at the KOA around 3:30. When we got parked and hooked up, I started laundry and then cleaned inside a little. Everything is so dusty and dirty from our trip to Alaska and from everyone working on the inside doing repairs for the past 3 months. I still have a lot to clean but will slowly get it done. We stayed at this KOA last year on our way to Mesa and it is very nice, clean and scenic. The park sets up on a hillside overlooking the town. It is really beautiful at night with all the lights of the city. We will decide tomorrow if we are staying here the second night or driving on toward Mesa tomorrow. The office at Silveridge closes early on Saturday so we will have to make arrangements with them tomorrow to leave our checkin information at the guard gate as we will arrive after the office closes, if we travel from here Saturday morning. We arranged to arrive late last year and there were no problems so I'm assuming we can do the same again.
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