Pulling Light Weight Trailers in BIIIG Winds!

It was difficult to leave Maurrie's this a.m. Her home is beautiful and unique. I guess if I had to label it I would call it Wild West/Native American Eclectic. It could easily qualify the beautiful homes magazines and was actually in "Country Living".

We finally had to leave and at 9:15 a.m. we bid Maurrie, Mazie, the dogs, horses, chickens, ducks, geese farewell. The above photo was taken in front of Maurrie's home and the Sisters from left to right are Kaaren, Maurrie with her adorable Pug, Maizie and Kris.

Continuing on I-10 East to Tuscon proved to be a white knuckle driving experience. The wind was howling and not only were our trailers moving around every once in a while so were the big rigs that we were passing or were passing us. Lots of chatting on the walkie talkies to try to quell each others nerves.

Sister Karen and her husband, Roy (Ting), who live in Dragoon Arizona had made arrangements with Kris to meet us at "The Thing" close to their home way east of Tuscon. As we exited the freeway we were surprised to see a man and a woman photographing us. We had a fast lunch at Dairy Queen, which is hawking some ice cream concoction called "The Thing". Karen and Roy were great to talk with and Karen only wished she could have joined us. We would loved to have had her come along. I would have included Roy's photo of our coming up the off ramp but had trouble copying and pasting it here. If anyone wants to see these photos, email me and I will send.

We arrived in Las Cruces New Mexico and pulled into a recommended RV named Hacienda. It is very nice and arriving around 7 p.m. gave us some time to throw together dinner just from the food supplies we had in the trucks for stacking. Kaaren saved the day. She had a Costco Chinese Chicken Salad and it was delicious.

You may be wondering how come there are several paragraphs each night rather than my original thought of only a brief paragraph. Well, there is just too much to write about. This is a wonderful adventure.

A quick update, we understand the 4 other California Sisters that were going to make this trip with the 3 of us are now in motion and they should all be Blythe at the RV Park for the night. We were thinking that it might be possible for them to catch up with us depending on how long they want to drive each day. Will keep you posted on their progress.

Wind warnings in this area have been cancelled so while we will have an 8 to 10 hour tomorrow to Junction, TX we are hoping the winds will not give the thrill we had today.

What a time we are having getting there.......................