Made it to BRUSH, Colorado!!!

We left Hart Ranch about 9:00 this morning with intentions of arriving in Sidney, NE for the night, however got there before lunchtime, so decided to continue on to Sterling, CO.  THAT was a fiasco, trying to locate a decent RV park and/or the Walmart Supercenter, so we just drove an additional 35 miles to Brush.  All-in-all it was a 316-mile day!!

We are now parked at the City Park. Grateful for our generator! They have all the hookups however we'd need an adaptor to utilize the power box, so the generator is doing a fantastic job giving us power.

DB looks SO TOUGH driving the truck and RV in my rearview mirror, that at one point I got way ahead of him, stopped along the road, jumped out, and snapped a few pics with my phone, but there's no way to capture how COOL it looks going down the road!!!

My Bible took a bath in the coffee I had placed in a carafe, and I think it's too soaked to ever recover so I may be in the market very soon for a new NIV Study Bible.....

It's great receiving text messages and pictures from everyone as we travel.  WE includes my two little dashboard traveling companions, Dorothy and Hefly.  NO, Mary, I am not texting and driving however look forward to our stops so I can check my phone!

Monday, 092412 .. SOUTHBOUND ......

This is Butterfield RV Park in Benson, AZ where we will be for the month of October.  We're leaving Rapid City Monday morning about 9:00 and will spend our first night in Sidney, Nebraska, the home of Cabela's.  

This trip south is a little different because I'll be driving my car, following DB as he maneuvers the 20,000# of truck and RV.  We're going to be mostly on Highway 71 South through Colorado and then will weave our way southwest through New Mexico.

The best part of today so far was spending time with kids and grandkids and attending church with John and Mandy at Fountain Springs. WOW, what a church!!!  Had no idea Rapid City had THAT kind of great, progressive, welcoming church.

The worst part of today was saying goodbye to kids and grandkids and friends.  :-/

SOOOOOOO grateful for cell phones, email, Facebook and pictures!  

L@@K at this gorgeous dog!

Today we went to downtown Santa Fe. We were looking for a parking place at the Flea Market when I saw a man walking with this dog. I about bailed out of the truck before DB could even get it stopped! This dog is "Sadie," and she was so sweet and friendly!!! It was the perfect start to our day!



After the Flea Market we went to the Loretto Chapel which was an AMAZING experience!!! I bought a neat figurine of a baby wrapped in an angel's wing in memory of Alison and Andrew. The Chapel was an incredibly emotional experience and I'm so glad we went there!

Then we drove to Tesuque Village NM and on to Espanola. The beautiful little homes and villages in the NM landscape was incredible.

We had a great day and are looking forward to going to Santa Fe Calvary Chapel for church tomorrow. Then we will probably leave here Monday morning and continue "northbound." :)

Santa Fe and

Santa Fe & Albuquerque Day!

Hi everyone! We are on Day 2 in Santa Fe. Yesterday we found "Rock On!" rock shop and the proprietor was a funny little flamboyant man who spoke in abbreviations..... he said, "Oh you're from SD? Like SOO FOO?" (crazy!) When I said, "Rapid City," he replied, "Ohhh Rap! Well my mom is from Breck!" He then clarified, "Breck....en....ridge," and said, "I'm originally from Minn...." I presume that's Minnesota and he's not the child of a Min Pin. hahaha.

After than interesting adventure, DB found a great Mexican restaurant and I have no idea what the name of it is, but across the street was JoAnn Fabrics and down about a mile was Hobby Lobby, so good luck if you're looking for a great Mexican dinner in Santa Fe! ha.

Today we went to another rock shop "Natural Rocks" which ended up being a low-end bead store and not an actual rock shop.

We found a Trader Joe's !! FAVORITE health food store of all time I think. At least so far! Then we took the Santa Fe RailRunner Train to Albuquerque's downtown. It was a great way to see the area's landscaping. We had pizza for supper and are now gratefully back home in the camper before tomorrow's "big adventures" !!! We're planning a morning at the Flea Market/Farmer's Market in Santa Fe and another art/craft/show & sale in Tesuque.

See you later!!! :)

Mexico, a rock shop and NEXT STOP !!!

Today we went to Mexico .... just 'cuz. We weren't there more than an hour but found it very interesting and not nearly as scary as a couple of years ago when we crossed the border near Yuma.



On the way home we stopped at a great rock shop where they had this gorgeous, huge Mastiff named Brutus! He's 2 years old and very, very sweet. I had to get a picture by the Border Fence.



Tomorrow morning we're pulling out of Deming and going to Santa Fe. Anxious to see a new place!!!! :) Adios for now!

DEMING, NM <<< The Quail are here!!!!

We arrived in Deming, NM Tuesday afternoon and are staying at 81 Palms RV Resort.



It's a nice park! DB and I walked over to the "clubhouse" or "community room" and they have a small, but very nice indoor pool, a tv room, huge laundry and enormous magazine rack/area with tons of maps on the walls and information about this area.

We found a rock shop! It's called "Red Roof Rock Shop" and is the nicest, cleanest, most well organized rock shop I've ever seen!! Very nice little white-haired lady running the show and I'm sure "someone" will be back there to shop a little more!

On the way there DB spotted a cool little Christian bookstore/coffee shop in the downtown area so I'm thinking a good plan would be for him to drop me off there ... go to his rock shops ... and come back in a few hours.

There are two "rockhound parks" here that we'll "investigate" before we leave here. It's nice enough here and there is so much to do, we may stay 3-5 days or a full week.

The town is around 16,000 but spread out all over the place, so seems big. Lots of RV'ers pulling in and pulling out. Tis the season, and it's hard to imagine we'll be "HOME HOME HOME" in a week and a half or so!!!!!

God bless you all and thank you, as always, for reading these meanderings. Love, db and peej xoxo