On to Tucson

Bob and I had a lovely visit with our friend Joan and her friend Geri who was visiting from California. We ate at Hacienda de la Mesilla for lunch and had a yummy meal. My portobello fajita was so good! Joan has been very busy sorting through all of her belongings in preparation for an estate sale and putting her house on the market. Such a daunting job! Her friend Ellen, who left right before we arrived, and now Geri are helping her with this task.

I ended up buying her 20” old style Schacht rigid heddle loom with Trestle II stand. I owned one of these looms years ago and have missed it. I look forward to fixing up the brake (it needs new springs,) adding new reeds, and playing with it.

All too soon Bob and I packed up again and drove out of Las Cruces. This area has gotten a lot of rain in the last week or more and the scenery looked much greener than it usually does in the fall.

Even the ocotillos are green

Before long we were in Tucson, AZ where we parked in an RV resort for the night near our friends, Chuck and Linda. We had a great visit with them all afternoon and evening, and went out to dinner with them at Sweet Tomatoes in Tucson. All too soon, however, our “jet lag,” or “road lag” caught up with us. I’m not sure what you call it, but we have changed time zones 3 times now in a little over a week and it’s really hard on our bodies. I feel hungry all the time and tired most of the time. We’ll adjust but we’ve never done a road trip like this so quickly. In some ways I think it’s harder than flying and adjusting 3 hours all at once.

So today is the day we arrive in Mesa! We are very excited to finally make it there. There’s so much to do today and tomorrow: first the drive, then cleaning the house from top to bottom, moving all our things from the motorhome to the house, unpacking and putting things away, then cleaning the rig and taking it to the storage place for the winter. All this has to be done by Monday morning because we have reserved the site next to us for two nights.

We’ll get it done.