Home By the Creekside

Can't stop in Albuquerque without checking out Old Town. We had time to kill so we walked around. We didn't buy a thing although I was tempted with a necklace from one of the sidewalk vendors. The kids kept complaining about how hot it was. Poor Lyndee had already had two blisters on the bottom of her feet from clogging camp. I don't remember what this was but we thought it was cool. This is a Catholic church in the old town. I think it was just getting out. We decided to head up to north Alb and check out their temple. I cant believe how dead it was and how no one was walking around. We did see one family having a picnic in the back part of the parking lot. The kids loved the fountain and we walked around the grounds. Another beautiful temple. I think that is the last of it. It took us several day to recover from this little mini trip. We are glad that we went. The kids well, they are just excited to ride on an airplane.

We stayed at the Rode Inn. People in RV take pride in that John Wayne lived out at the 26 Bar Ranch. In the lobby here is picture of him in the 4th of the July parade riding a horse. We thought it was cool. While I was out having dinner with my high school buddies, Clay took the kids around RV and took pictures of them. This is the the Madonna of the Trail. It is a memorial to pioneer mothers. I just can't imagine crossing the plains even with my two kids. It is hard enough taking them to Walmart and anywhere else. After the dinner for the reunion, we went and watched fireworks. I thought they would be lame like ours as they used to be. I was quite impressed. Yup, we are heading home. Well atleast to the airport in Albuquerque. It was about 3 and half hours from RV. This is a natural arch monument. We liked the drive. We especially like driving real slow and watching the prairie dogs. This was a casino and gas station outside of Albuquerque.

We toured the high school since last year a small Cessna lost control and crashed into a part of the high school. It was nice to see some changes. The new part is nice but too much of it is wasted on the staff and not enough for the students.  Just my opinion. It was nice to see black and gold and feel the pride to be an Elk. The kids were alittle bored with the tour. We ended up ditching it and leaving early.

Before the reunion stuff in the afternoon on Saturday, we took a drive up to Greer to see how bad the damage was with the Wallow Fire. I was sad to see the ground black and trees that were burnt. However, it is great to still see green. We wanted to do the loop from Sheep's Crossing back around to Big Lake but it was closed. This was the historic Greer lodge that was burnt down before the fire. It was arson. The hill behind charred...:( It makes me sad but I think the firefighters did a great job.

I had my 20 year reunion back home in Eagar, Arizona last weekend. I can't tell you how much I loved being back and wished that I could have stayed longer so the kids could see the parade. We flew into Albuquerque and then drove 3 and half hours to my hometown in the White Mountains.  This picture is of the kids before the flight. Take off! The flight was an hour and half. It was alittle bumpy coming in to Albuquerque. The kids loved it!