Saturday January 26 2013

We were awake early again this morning. The cats cannot let
us sleep past 5:30. They expect their teaspoon of moist food
to be served up bright and early each morning and nothing
delays this event! I keep saying we need to try to reverse
their expectations by giving them their little treat of moist
food at bedtime but doubt they would ever get the idea that
the morning routine is no longer an option!

We both had showers this morning before leaving. I fear our
water supply and holding tanks are in need of a fill and a
dump so we may have to find an RV Park tonight and actually
pay for a camp site for the first time since leaving home!!

Larry bought more DEF(Diesel Exhaust Fuel) at Walmart and
added to the DEF Tank before leaving. The DEF is a fluid that
must be added to the newer diesel engines to cut down on
exhaust emissions. Not exactly sure the quota of DEF to
Diesel but believe it is around 2 percent DEF to Diesel. All
I know is it is a 'must have' and if it runs out the engine
shuts down until it is supplied. Another wonderful use of
money for the motor home(or Diesel Truck) owner!

We left Amarillo around 6:30am and headed west on route 40 to
Las Cruces, NM. The sky is pretty overcast and the wind is
pretty strong. By the time we got to Albuquerque we started
traveling in moderate rain. We would drive for a few miles in
the rain and then for a short time the sun would come out so
basically we drove in rain and patches of sun all the way to
Las Cruces.

We called the KOA in Las Cruces to reserve a camp site for
tonight. We stay at there almost every year at least for a
day or two. It's a beautiful campground and sets up above the
city of Las Cruces. We also called Las Quintes in Yuma to
find out if we can just pull into our RV site in case we
arrive on Sunday and they told us that would be fine.

We arrived at the KOA in Las Cruces around 3:30 and got the
motor home set up and I cleaned inside as I could no longer
stand the dirt and cat hair. The rain held off until we were
all set up and then it rained again but the temperature is
very mild and at 6:00 it was still 64 degrees. Las Cruces is
located in a valley with mountains all around so it stays
warmer than some of the other areas in New Mexico.

I made meatloaf a couple of days ago and froze it so that is
going to be the meal of the night. It's good to be hooked
into the water and sewer as it makes everything much easier
when cooking and cleaning.

Not sure if we are going to stay here another day or head to
Yuma tomorrow. Guess that decision will be made tomorrow.
Yuma should be a pretty easy drive tomorrow. Will be good to
get where we are going a chill out for awhile.