Life in the little Navion

We had planned to meet friends in Albuquerque, but they were out of town, at a rally in Texas. So we enjoyed another dumb day. We went to the Camping World store and got a couple of things. We did laundry and I fixed a good dinner that was enough to last us for 3 nights -- penne with an alfredo sauce, chicken and peas.

Yesterday we braved the winds to drive down south toward Carlsbad, NM. Along the way, we stopped for lunch at a desolate and deserted rest area along the highway. The goal was to heat up some soup in the MW, but the generator wouldn't start! When it was cranking, the LP detector was squawking. It's a propane generator... We'd noticed a few days before that some of our coach lights were sort of dim when we were not plugged in. Hmm...

So we had peanut butter on crackers as we drove on to Roswell. And when we got to Roswell, we found the NAPA store, handy, since our batteries are NAPA!

The store on East Second St, was super to us. Josh and Shep went out of their way for us, testing the batteries (both bad), cleaning up the mess that they had made, and putting in new batteries. And the clincher? They were still on NAPA warranty, which we had not even dreamed. No charge for any of the work, the batteries, or anything!

And it works now. YAY! Maddy and I went walking in Roswell while Michael watched them work. While it was fairly windy there, it was warm enough and a pleasant and interesting walk. This is the town where they thought aliens had landed back in 1947. Everywhere you go they have little aliens in the store windows, UFO museums, inflatable aliens standing in the store's doorway, etc..

We left Roswell when we had our repair done and headed on southward. Our goal was Carlsbad, but when we got just south of Artesia, we saw a sign for an SKP park. We have belonged to SKP for a long time, but had never actually stayed at an SKP park. $10 per night + electricity, level clean sites, and people who offer hugs! Yes, they do have snakes, and they are out, it is said, but we have not seen any yet.

Michael beat me at dominoes again last evening and then today I'm just doing email and we're watching mindrot on tv.

Here are some photos of the inside of our li'l Navion. Eddie is under our bed, with it in its upright position. This is above the cab.


Here's Maddy in her crate, which is on the lower bunk in the back of the RV. We also have the kitty litter and petfood bins back there.


Michael is on the phone here, talking to Suzanne:


This is my lamp! When we're driving, we keep the curtain wrapped around the stem, to keep it from falling.