Replacement Chairs and Stuff

A few months back, we had bought Sheryl a folding outdoor rocker from Camping World. Well the other day I sat down in it and rrrrrrrrrrrip it went (the chair not my pants). These chairs are made out of pretty cheap material, that being said you would think they would last more than 4 months. So, we'll have to see if Camping World will take it back. After that, Sheryl said she'd like to have a couple of those reclining chairs and thought they'ed be pretty comphy. I said, you know that sounds like a good idea, so in search of I went. Long story short I found a nice pair at Big 5 Sports here in town, and what do you know, being the end of summer they were on SALE!!! so I was able to pick up a nice pair for cheap. Sheryl was right they are nice and comphy, and will be a nice addition to our travels.

Also, with Sheryl taking her new quilting class, and wanting to do more blankets and such, she needed a new sewing machine that would handle the job, the old one was just not cutting it. We were able to sell her old machine pretty quickly and used the money to help buy her a nicer one that could handle the thicker material. So she'll be quilting fool pretty soon!!!

Surprisingly the RV park has been full all this week, first time all summer. I guess folks are getting ready for the cooler temps to be here and heading out. I hate having to turn people away, but I guess thats just all part of it. Soon there will be one more site open, OURS!!!, and we'll be on our way, can you tell we're excited!!!

Ok, until next time, keep Lovin Your Life as we do ours.

Busy, Busy Girl!!!

Two weeks ago Sheryl decided to take a 6 week quilting class being put on by a local church group here in Alamogordo. Since it's 6 weeks long and that just so happens that how much longer we'll be here, so it worked out just fine. Above is her first attempt at quilting, and I (along with the her instructors) thing she has done a great job so far. She is making the quilt for our little grand daughter in FL. She still has the border and the actual quilting part to go, but she enjoying the class and getting out.

Sheryl has also been quite busy with her crocheting and trying to get cought up with all the projects she has made for herself. This one is for our daughter in AL.

Here she is just as busy as ever, crocheting away, while enjoying the cool evening air and the red sunset glow on the mountains. And yes, those are Whinny The Pooh socks she has on (still a little girl at heart....:)

Alittle update from a few posts ago, if you may remember we had bought a generator for use while boondocking as needed, and mainly to run the A/C if needed. You may also remember, I couldn't get it to run the A/C, boy I was upset and heartbroke. Well after a month or so of racking my brain (yes it takes me that long sometines....lol) it dawned on me that while attempting to run the A/C I was also running the water heater on elec., so while Sheryl was away at quilting class, I broke out the generatorm shut everything down (including the water heater this time) and fired it up, went in hit the A/C on switch and she ran like a champ!!! I was so excited I actually did the happy dance (glad no one was watching....not a pretty sight....lol) Needless to say, we are both releaved and one less thing to worry about.

As of today, we only have one month to go as Camp Hosts here at Holloman AFB, then we will truely be off on our grand fulltiming adventure. We both are so excited and are really looking forward to getting on the road. We will have been here 6 months, (not that we haven't enjoyed it) but thats just way to long to be anywhere when there is so much to see out there.

Thats it for now, Thanks for reading along.

Military Jeepers Beat The Heat Run

Last weekend, Aug 21/22, myself and several folks from the West Tx/Southern NM Chapter of Military Jeepers, got together for a weekend of camping and off roading. Our destination was the western side of the Sacramento Mtns, NM. There were 7 vehicles and about 15 folks for the trip, the idea was to escape the basin heat 95+, and spend time in the 70 degree mtns. We were fortunate enought to have one of the founders of Military Jeepers come out with us, as he was on leave in AZ and made the trip over. We also had a gentleman from eastern TX, who was doing work in El Paso join us as well.

Here we are on the way to the campsite to drop off most everyones gear before hitting the trails for the day.

Our campsite was a secluded and little known mesa overlooking Alamogordo, so our gear would be safe there as we headed out for the day.

Our first trail lead us up Horse Ridge to another beautiful overlook of the basin below.

Back on the trail.

We were threatened all day with these rains, however they seemed to miss us and our campsite the whole weekend. Ok, except for one little downpoor while hiking back from a waterfall.

It was a great day to be out exploring the area.

After a full day on the trails it was back to camp and AJ cooked up some great ribs!!! Everyone ate well and finished setting up their sites for the night.

As night fell the campfire began roaring as we all settled in for an evening of beverages and good conversation. The lights of the city below just added to the great location. As the night lengthened it was off to bed for a well deserved sleep.

Morning came with coffee and breakfast burritos, what a way to start the day!!!

It was a beautiful sunrise as we all began packing up and getting ready for another day of exploring.

The day was spent out on the trails and enjoying the beautiful scenery.

Our final stop for the weekend was Bluff Springs Falls, this is a year round waterfall approx 50' high. It also helps to feed the Rio Pensco River which winds it's way along the road to the falls.

It was a great weekend, meeting old friends and making new friends. If you can not make it out the banner says, West Texas/Southern Mew Mexico Military Jeepers. I sure will miss these guys when we leave NM, but thats the great thing, MJ is a Nationwide organization so we'll be meeting up with more Military Jeepers all over the country, as well as many other people from both other off road and RV fourms.

El Paso's Franklin Mountains

Another doctors appointment down in El Paso the other day, be glad when there done with and we can then get on the road, should only be another month or so. We planned on leaving here (Holloman AFB) on Oct 1st, we will still leave, but will prob move down to El Paso until Sheryls back treatments are done. Ok, there is a point to all this.....lol We have been to El Paso several times and travel the same basic roads. One of the roads is TransMountain Dr, which is an East/West pass over the Franklin Mountains from on side of El Paso to the other.

While we have travelled this beautiful and scenic road many times we have never stopped at any of the overlooks to just take it all in. Well this time we had 4 hours to kill between appointments, so we took our time and stopped at each one. You can see El Paso in the forground and Mexico as marked by the distant mountains.

Even though we have not had a chance to travel around much since begining Fulltiming, we do try and see what we can while we here. Sometimes (since being here so long) we get caught up in day to day life and forget to stop and smell the roses or wild flowers as the case maybe.

Man it's Hot!!!

Hopped in the Jeep to run up to the store and thinking Man it's Hot out today, then I looked down at the temp reading and thought Whew....no wonder!!! Those temps plus having above average humidity lately....us Desert Rats are dying out here.....lol. I know the rest of the country is having above average temps this year also, and the East coast with their humidity, I don't envey you folks one bit right now. I grew up in FL so I know what you folks are going through, But humid or not 107 is just plain hot no matter where you are.
Ok, so stay cool as we are trying to do and remember winter is just around the corner, when we'll be begging for warmer weather again....just not this warm. So until next time..............

If it Wern't for Bad Luck we'd Have no Luck at All

Well between several appointments and general running around, we were able to find time to pick up a new tire to replace the blown out one. Should have seen the tire guys face when I asked him if he could just patch the old one.......lol. At least now the trailer has one brand new tire and 3 preety new tires as the other three were replaced by the previous owner last year. Now just have to get it put on, 100+ degree days sure puts a damper on wanting to do much of anything.

Finally washed the beast, she hasen't had a bath since the last trail ride a few weeks ago and was begining to look alittle rough. I really don't like a dirty vehicle, but it has been raining almost everyday here, be it a little or a lot. Of course we know what rain does to a freshly washed car.......mite as well not even bother. The weather has finally cleared a bit, so I tempted fate and you guessed it, rain last night!!! Well it still looks better than it did.

I'm begining to wonder about my luck with most anything. I picked up this little propane tank at Camping World a couple of weeks ago to use on the new grill (hate messing with those little green bottles) and it works great. Well it worked great till yesterday, I though it was still full, but the grill just sputtered and then wouldn't lite, hmmmm, maybe I left the valve open and all the gas leaked out. Took it to the propane guy to refill and he said it was full, but seems the valve is broken and won't open......great. So I'm stuck with another $50.00 paperweight until I can get back down to Camping World to exchange it in a couple of weeks.

Whats that old saying, If it wern't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all....lol Seems to be the way thing shape up around here sometimes. However, I take it all in stride, as this Fulltiming lifestyle sure beats the heck out of working for a living, and besides, how boring would life be if we didn't have these little hick-ups to keep it interesting.

I want to thank you folks for reading along and taking a couple of minutes to leave a comment or two, sure feels nice to know folks are stopping by to say hi.

Big Boom!!! and an Old Ft Bliss Update

Wow, what a couple of days. Yesterday Sheryl and I were headed out for lunch, when she looked down at the tire area and said "hey honey we have a flat tire" to which I looked and responded "Wow, I guess we do, wonder what happened??" Of course you would think that it was kinda obvious from the picture, however we have a table with our grill set up right over the tires. Well, just after saying "wonder how that happened" I looked alittle closer and Holy Cow!!! Thats what I saw.

Funney thing is, we have just been sitting here. I have never heard of a tire exploding just sitting, but I guess they do. I asked a couple of other folks in the campground if they have ever heard of such a thing?? and to my surprise, three people answered yup, happened to me once. Ok, so it's not an uncommon occurance.....still odd to me. If there is a bright side, it was the only old tire we had, the other three are brand new occording to the previous owner. So it's off to Wally World on Wed. to get a new tire.

If you remember from the last post I took a side trip to Old Ft Bliss a couple of days ago. Today Sheryl and I had to go back down to El Paso for a Doctors appointment, so I thought I swing by and show it to Sheryl and see if the museum part was open today. As luck would have it, it was, so we took the self guided tour and checked it all out.

They did a very good job of mocking up several areas, even though it is just the remains of the church and hospital. Above is the General Store.

Spinning Room

Barracks Area

Blacksmith Shop

And of course your Loving Site Hosts

Thought you all would like to see a few pictures of the inside and a glimps of life for our militay men of the mid 1800s in the old west.

Ok, see you on the next go round....Take Care and thanks for dropping by!!!