Lake Carlsbad (In the Sunshine!) ☀️

Here is last nights sunset, and our window reflection.  I hope my friends and relatives aren't getting sick of these photos...with no rain.....and all sunshine....To tell you the truth, my friends and family are in our thoughts, however fleeting they may be...😉💙

Lucy and Ethel cannot wait until I open the door.  Even though they have lots of windows to look out of, they like being 'almost' outside with just the screen door between them and freedom.  Plus, there are a lot of dropped off cats that they like to watch, and also they are safe from all the dogs that walk by with their owners.

Today we went to Lake Carlsbad.  It is just a couple of miles from us and I don't think it is a lake.  It is the Pecos River and I don't think I have seen so many squirrels!

I think we saw maybe 3 people.  I wonder where everyone was?  Work?  School?  Who knows?  Where are all the retired people?  Where are all the lonely people?

Once again, just look at that blue sky!  Plus, I think there was a squirrel in one of those trees.

On the way home we stopped in a parking lot where a guy was selling all kinds of fresh fruit and vegetables.  Man, he had everything!  That sack of fresh tangerines was over 20 pounds!  And sweet!! (He let me try one before buying!) 4 fresh peppers, a big bag of walnuts and a bag of dried mango.  10 bucks!!!  And so fresh!!  I needed a red pepper for the stuff below:

Yep, that is what it looks like...fresh mango salsa.  Guess what we had for dinner?  And guess who was able to cook it outside in the sunshine?

Believe it or not, there is fish under all that salsa.  And you know what else?  Why didn't anyone tell me that you can buy fresh tortillas?  These tortillas were so fresh and good!!!  You can buy them right out of the store where they are making them right there!  In front of you!  Still warm!!  Who knew?????  I'm learning so much traveling! 😎

A Sunshiny 73 Degrees!

 

What a gorgeous day!  75 degrees, slight breeze, and Tully!  We ran to the post office today to pick up our mail.  General Delivery.  A lot of people don't know about General Delivery.  Wherever you are, you can have your mail forwarded to general delivery IF the post office that you want to send your mail to does that service.  And best of all, it is free!  The post office will hold your mail for 30 days, and I'm not too sure what happens to it after 30 days.  One thing though that you have to do is make sure that whoever forwards your mail, that it says General Delivery on the envelope, and then your name, and the post office address.  Most post offices will have a web site that lists their services. There are also a lot of campgrounds/RV parks that will also take in mail if you are a camper at their park.  We have yet to use the parks service for that.

Just look at that blue sky!  Nothing but sun shine!  Not too hot at all, and at night it has been around 36 degrees, which is perfect.

We did wake up pretty early this morning.  About 6:30 am because of a siren.  This siren seemed to go on and on.  By the sounds of it, we thought it was a huge wreck out there on the road.  But there was nothing.  So I don't know what happened for me to lose an hour of sleep!  No worries though!  Don't feel bad for me!  I can sleep in tomorrow morning!

Long Weekend!

 

Why does a four day weekend seem so dang long when we are retired?  I would live for these long weekends when I worked, but not anymore!  Open some stores so I can go shopping!  😀

We have had some nice sunsets, but we have also had some rain.

You can tell what kind of rain clouds these are...lots of rain!

The rain cleaned our trailer, and we even had a couple of puddles.  Mind you, the puddles weren't as big as Washington has been seeing!  Now we are up to 63 degrees, the sun is shining, and all the windows are open.

We take Tully out for her walk at 5 pm and already it is getting dark.  This was last night and I thought with all the trailers in the photo it looked kind of homey.

We keep the lights on all night and day.  I'm kind of hoping that it will keep the big bugs and spiders away.  So far, so good.

Here is Tully and Ethel Louise.  They fight over this blanket.  It used to be Grandma's blanket and I think it took me 5 years of laundry and it doesn't smell like Estée Lauder any more.  

How true is this?  Tully makes us laugh every day, and is such a joy to be around.  Who knew Chihuahua's were like this?

Carlsbad NM

 

This is a photo that I took yesterday.  Can you tell we had a couple of clouds?  We even had a little rain.  Probably not as much as Washington though.  (No, I am not laughing....)

We got on the road at 9 am.  It doesn't take us too long to pack up and leave.  We each have our own jobs to do.  One of the last things that I do is put each cat into its carrier and take them to the truck.  Then the slides come in and we hook up.  Easy peasy.

I had warned Road Hog about moving on Black Friday!  But it doesn't look like anyone is using our roads to go shopping.

We pretty much were traffic free, until we got closer to Carlsbad.

I think my Aunt Jackie and Uncle Mo brought me and my sister, and my cousins to the caverns here in Carlsbad.  I don't think I want to do that again.  I'll visit the place but I don't think I want to go down inside.  No thanks.  Once in a life time is enough...

We eventually left the mountains and got down to some flat country.  And as you can tell, Black Friday traffic...oh, and look at that blue sky...

It didn't get above 65 degrees so we were pretty comfortable driving in the sunshine listening to some tunes.  We have Sirius XM so that is what has saved us.  We can listen to talk radio or sing along to our favorites!  (You really don't want to be around to hear that!)

Now this is looking more like Texas!  We found some oil rigs.

Here we are, at Carlsbad RV Park and Camp Ground.  As of yet, I haven't heard a train, and I don't hear any traffic.  I think this place just might work.

Since we didn't take anything out of the freezer for dinner, Road Hog drove up to a store to get some ice and other things.  This here is our set up.  Hardly any grass for Tully, but that is fine since there is a dog park right down a couple of spaces from us.  We will be here for a week!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

 

Here is our route....starting this past June 11th, until today!!!  

Happy Thanksgiving family and friends!!

Nuts!

 

I guess Alamogordo is the land of the nuts.  I am not kidding.  Land of the nuts.  All kinds of nuts.  Today, for us, it was pistachio nuts.  We did the touristy thing and visited McGinn's PistachioLand.  

Look at this big nut.  Yes, we had to pick up some bags of nuts.  This place also is a winery.

But since I can't stand wine, we by-passed the wine tasting crap.  💩

I'm sure that they do pretty well in that sort of thing, just not my thing to do.

Road Hog, Tully and I went in to the huge store to buy some nuts and other things and we were told that we wouldn't have to pay for anything if I handed over Tully.  😀 I don't think so.  So many people comment on my little Tully and it is kind of hard for people to believe that she is a chihuahua.  When people see that you have an animal in your arms, it is such a ice breaker.  Even if the animal was on a leash, people gravitate to it.  I'm the same way.  It is so noticeable if you are an animal lover.  And everybody is so polite...do you mind if I pet her?  What's her name? I had a small dog like her...it just makes people open up, and even sometimes talk baby talk...😁

Made it to Alamogordo!

We made it to Alamogordo!  This is Lucy's face before we told her that today was a traveling day.

This view is when we were leaving Silver City.  Not many people on the road and it was about 9 am.

Most of the scenery was gorgeous, but not all the time.  New Mexico is pretty flat.

There were a couple of hills.  And as you can see, traffic was pretty light.

Tully slept pretty much the whole way.  Sometimes she sleeps on the console or she sleeps on my lap.

Can you tell we are coming up to White Sands?  It was beautiful!  I think we will visit it when we are here.

We had to stop at the US Customs and Border Protection.  There wasn't a line at all.

We were number 3 in line, and once it was our turn, the guard asked us if we were US citizens, we said yes, and he waved us through and told us safe travels.  Nice guy!

Here is where we are staying until Friday, the 26th.  So far we can hear the trains going by, and our next door neighbor owns a motorcycle.  I think we were spoiled by the large pretty sites at Rose Valley in Silver City.  Such fun times!  We got here and it was 65 degrees and it looks like the low will be around 36.  Not too bad.

This is the old Alamogordo Southern Pacific Railroad Water Tank.  It is located next to the railroad line but I don't think it is in use anymore.