We Are Up & Running....

So, I’ve been bragging about an uneventful trip so far…well, SHUT MY MOUTH!!! We were almost to Albequerque when we ran into some road work, shouldn’t be bad, should it? Well, these orange barrels led us to the shoulder where the indentions are (you know, the ones that tell you that you’ve gotten off the roadway, stupid!)…had us traveling over those things for a short while, then we were able to get back on the regular roadway. You know how loud those things are when you are driving over them, well, the sound didn’t quit when we got back on the regular road. We thought that it was the road…but nooo, it was the motorhome. David pulled over onto the shoulder and looked underneath the rear wheels of the rig and there was a rod hanging from the m/h…ain’t suppose to be doing that! We got back on the road since there was nothing he could do on the side of the road and about 2 miles up the road was an exit, so we took it. All the while, the rig was making a horrendous amount of racket. David knew that something terrible had gone wrong with the air bags…or should I say…air-less air bags. Things from the over-head cabinets in the rear of the m/h came spilling out over the bed onto the floor. Our clothes in the closet actually came out of the hooks and the clothes came spilling out of the closets! By the time we got stopped, I had one heck of a mess to clean up!


Then we started looking for a mobile repair service….good luck there! Called the RV park we had reservations at and they gave us some phone numbers, two of them said they couldn’t come out until next week….that wasn’t good. Oh, did I mention that this particular exit was at the Route 66 Casino???

After 6 calls, we finally found a wonderful guy who was there in about 45 minutes, fixed the rod, got air back in the air bags and advised us to get the filter for the air system replaced. If you are ever in the Albequerque area and have mechanical problems, please call Jake Kline with Route 66 Emergency Mobile Service, you will not be sorry that you did!

Got to the RV Park that sounded really nice on their website, but really wasn’t much more than a dump! I am a planner, I review all of these parks through an RV website, the individual website as well as our RV club memberships….but that doesn’t always tell an accurate story. Stated it had WiFi, but I could only access it during certain times of the day and if too many other RV’ers logged on, well, you get kicked off! I have to give them credit, since they are on the old Route 66, they had a lot of older campers connected to old Hudson automobiles and it caters to the Route 66 crowd. I like to reminisce with the best of them, but camping in the dust with no TV and no WiFi is NOT camping for me! Those of you who say that this is not camping, try camping the old way and then camp “our way” and tell me what you like best! So, that’s my excuse for not updated our blog for the last couple of days.

So, after about $475, we were on our way to Texas! I think I’ll be glad to get out of the desert….I’m needing to see green grass and trees!!

This photo is for my grandson, Hudson James Poole.

So, after about $475, we were on our way to Texas! I think I’ll be glad to get out of the desert….I’m needing to see green grass and trees!!

It’s funny how these types of emergencies cause other things to happen. Robyn, my youngest daughter, reminded me that one of our dear friends and her husband lived in the Albequerque area and when I posted on Facebook about our predicament, Connie Harrison Grigson, emailed me. Connie and Jill, my oldest daughter were best friends from middle school through college and she lives here in Albq. Her and her husband invited David and I to bring the motorhome to their house for the night…so special! Thanked her but told her we were safe and sound in the RV Park. This morning I got to thinking, how can we be so close and not even drop by to say hi? I remember how many of our friends would come to the Bay Area and never call or anything…sorta of hurt my feelings. Well, I gave Connie a call this morning, asked if we could drop by...just for a minute. Her and her precious husband welcomed us with open arms and a pitcher of sweet tea! We only stayed about an hour, but it was enough to catch up, hug and take a few pictures….I truly believe that these things happen for a reason.

Connie & Drew gave us tips on seeing Santa Fe and gave us a great restaurant in Albq, for some terrific New Mexican food…if you come here, try out Los Cuates del Norte. I love hot stuff and they had a wonderful hot salsa that I got to purchase. Don’t know if anyone at home other than my two son-in-laws like the heat like I do, but you can betcha, they will have an opportunity to try it out!

By the way, (this is just for my friend, Marilyn) I bought 3 original bracelets from the artist who made them in Sante Fe!


We have arrived in Amarillo about 3 PM this afternoon! What a ride, I have to give my darling husband all the credit for getting us here safe and sound because the weather was horrible! The wind was so strong, but mix that with torrents of rain and semi-trucks, and I think you will get the picture. David is such a great driver (well, when someone doesn’t tick him off), he knows that this is our home that we are traveling in and he does take great care while on the road.


The RV Park we pulled into seems to be really nice…has cable and WiFi and appears to be relatively new so I think we will be happy for a couple of days, however, they say that it is always WINDY in Amarillo, so we’ll see.

pe this brings us up to date and I hope that I’m never without decent WiFi ever again! Amazing how we are addicted to our technology of today…David says he never can have a conversation with me because my nose is either in the iPhone or internet (but he never thinks about his nose being in the TV!).