We
didn't do much of anything this morning & early afternoon –
blog, computer games, a bit of organizing to leave Sunday. We were
going to leave today but talked to a guy (Andy) at the golf course on
Monday and decided to stay and take part in a motorcycle poker run.
We
met Andy & Meredith at the admin building at 3:00 to ride to the
Hon Dah casino to register for the ride. We got registered ($20
driver, $10 passenger which includes dinner tonight & tomorrow,
T-shirts and the possibility of winning $1000 for the best poker hand
or $500 for the worst hand). There were a couple of huge tents set
up with tables & chairs and we were soon joined by Elton &
Marsha and John & Lyn. We had time to get acquainted and have a
drink before the burgers & hot dogs were ready for dinner. Home
to rest up for an early start tomorrow.
June 27th –
Sat
We
met Andy & Meredith at 7:00 (I said early!) and went for
breakfast. Then we went to 4 places for our poker hands. Each
person has a paper with 5 spaces for numbers & initials. At each
stop you pick a number from a container and the person at that stop
puts the number and their initials on your paper. Each number
corresponds to a card which you don't know until the end of the run.
This prevents people from cheating and swapping cards for better
hands.
First
stop – Rendezvous Diner at Greer, 2nd stop –
restaurant at Eagar, 3rd stop – tackle shop at Alpine,
4th stop – store at Big Lake.
We
got a bit of rain on our way to Big Lake but not the hail reported by
some people who had hit Big Lake first. Then we got more than a bit
of rain on our way back to the casino which provided our last “card”
and the legend to decode the numbers into a poker hand.
We
again found a table & chairs, waited and watched the rain!
Dinner was steaks cooked outside on BBQs and served outside. We were
among the first to brave the rain and get dinner. Quite a while
later there was an announcement that everyone should move inside due
to the lightening – and we were sitting under a tent with metal
posts!!
We
finally decided not to wait for results of poker hands (none of us
had anything decent), drawings and prizes for custom bikes. The rain
had mostly quit so we headed back with Andy & Meredith. Elton &
Marsha had gone back earlier to pick up their dog from a kennel and
came back in their car. John left on his bike before us and Lyn got
a ride with Elton & Marsha. They offered me a ride as well but I
had to brave the rain with my driver! Of course Juniper Ridge RV got
very little rain all day.
June 28th –
Sun
We
loaded up the bike and pulled out of Juniper Ridge RV about 8:00. We
made a stop in Taylor for doughnuts and continued north to Holbrook
and I40. We stopped at a Verizon store in Albuquerque and got 2 new
phones which came with other “toys” that we didn't really need
but they were included at no extra $$. There was a Total Wine store
next door to Verizon so we stocked up a bit. Terry's Scotch was
twice as much as in Mesa but my dark rum was only a couple of dollars
more - ???. Our credit card was originally denied in Total Wine but
a quick call to Bank of America to let them know that we are on the
road again and everything's good. A denied credit card is a bit
embarrassing but we do like B of A being on top of things.
We
ended up at a Passport America RV park in Tucumcari. With an hour
time difference we didn't get parked until 4:30 and nearby places to
eat were closed on Sunday. So we unloaded the bike and went looking
for dinner.
We
were going to settle for Subway but saw a steakhouse next door.
Should have settled for Subway!!! Slow, expensive and not-so-good
food. Oh well, a well deserved drink back at the rig helped.
June 29th –
Mon
We
decided to make a detour to visit Terry's cousin Teresa (Terri) and
her husband Tom near Bowie TX. We stopped at McDonald's for
breakfast & coffee to go. I took us on a slightly different
route than Terri told me on the phone. It had Terry thinking I
goofed up until we arrived and Terri said it was the shortest route
but she thought going through Bowie would be easier.
We
had a nice visit with Terri. Tom is working in Oklahoma (he retired
once) so he popped in to say hi when he got home and then went out to
bale hay. Tom & Terri raise cattle in Texas & Oklahoma so
keep very busy. One of Tom's sons (Tommy) is staying with them right
now and was raking the hay ahead of Tom with the baler. Terri made
dinner for us and Tommy made a quick stop for his dinner and took
sandwiches to Tom. Busy, busy!! We were sitting outside when Tom
finished, showered and joined us for a short while.
It
was quite hot until the sun went down and by the time we went to bed
we could open all the windows & doors to get a nice cool breeze.
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