Monday, August 22, 2016

Aug 19th to 21st - TX, NM

Aug 19th - 21st – TX, NM
Fri - We skipped coffee & doughnuts and hit the road reasonably early – I40 continuing west. It is still obviously construction season but no delays. I guess they can't hold up all the semis in both directions. We stopped for fuel and were going to get something to eat but the truck stop was really congested so we decided to go down the road a ways. Well, we ended up finishing some little doughnuts that we got a couple of days ago and weren't all that hungry when we reached another restaurant with decent access so continued into Albuqueque/Bernalillo. We have stayed at the Coronado Campground in Bernalillo in the past and got a site here again. The rate is right - $20 for water & electric – and there is a casino a short drive away! We had to park the 5th wheel far back in the site to be able to get it level and the water hookup is on the wrong side in front of the site so Terry went to the office to see if he could buy a hose. The host lent him a short hose that got us hooked up. We had an early dinner and then took the bike to the casino where Terry won enough to cover my losses as well.
Sat – After coffee, games & breakfast, we went to find a Costco. The GPS did not do a good job and had us driving in circles. Luckily my phone did a better job but if I had not spotted the sign as we went past another business we might have made another loop. Costco is located behind a Chev dealer and a strip mall – very odd! We did our shopping and then stopped at WalMart for few more items. After putting things away and having a light lunch, we went back to the casino where we found motorcycle parking in the parkade. This time Terry didn't bail us out! Dinner, drinks & relax!
Sun – We can only use one AC here (rules of the park!) but it is doing a fairly good job of keeping the rig liveable as it isn't super hot. We had a muffin with our coffee & games and then hung around long enough to have some lunch before heading back to the casino. Not so good! There is an adobe picnic shelter with a sturdy picnic table (casita?) at each site here and it is amazing how cool it is under there. Each time I have been in it a lovely breeze is blowing through the big “windows”. Terry set up the BBQ there for dinner. Just as it was getting dark, we heard thunder and then rain beating on the roof – good thing we loaded the bike when we got back this afternoon. The roads were small streams as the heaviest rain lasted about 20 minutes.

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