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I think the wind blew my blog away

4/14/2018

Last nights sunset

The last couple of days have been pretty windy especially yesterday. Yesterday was so windy I actually put down the rear jacks on the Arctic Fox, which is something I hardly ever need to do. The Arctic Fox is usually very stable and if there's any movement at all it's not enough to bother me. But yesterday the wind was hitting the Arctic Fox directly from the side and since it was gusty the trailer was moving around a little bit but putting down the rear jacks stopped that.

I don't know why but I couldn't get on my website for most of yesterday which is the reason I didn't post anything. Everything finally got back to normal just after dark without me having to do anything to it, and since it was the first time anything like that has happened I have no idea what the problem was. But it was a weird feeling going to my website and getting a blank page that said nothing was there. Maybe that's Google's opinion of my blog...Who knows.

Today was a lot better but was still windy so I didn't do much of anything today either. I'm not sure if it's because of the wind but Oliver Lee state Park is at least half empty today but last Saturday it was just about full. So the wind could be to blame, I don't think people would want to be driving around in an RV or pulling a trailer with the winds as high as they have been for the last couple of days.

I'm thinking I'll leave here next Wednesday or Thursday that way I can get to another State Park before the weekend crowds start coming in on Friday.

Now that I have another New Mexico state Park annual pass staying at a state Park makes the most sense. All the New Mexico state parks I've stayed at over the years have both boondocking, which they call primitive camping, and hookup sites. The boondocking sites being free with the pass, and the hookup sites costing four dollars for electric hookups and four more dollars for a sewer hookup, with the pass. Not needing any hookups I always pick a boondocking site because they're usually exactly the same except for the hookups or often better, being further away from other campers.

I'm hoping by tomorrow this wind will finally go away so I can run around and see a few things. Alamogordo has an old part of town that I would like to go to and take a few pictures, and since Sunday mornings are the best time to do that I'm hoping the weather will cooperate enough that I won't have to hold onto something to stay still enough to take a picture.

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6 Comments

Anne

4/14/2018 03:57:59 pm

Hello,
I read your blog but haven't commented in quite some time. Still enjoying all the photography and writing. Funny thing - when I opened your blog just now, it opened on a Jan 2017 entry from Del Rio, TX. Funny because I have just watched a DVD of Willie Nelson movie, "Once Upon a Texas Train". Eerie coincidence.
Also, in the past, we have e-chatted about the pleasure from reading books by Patrick F. McManus. I was just notified today that he died on Wed. of this week at a nursing care facility in Spokane.
I believe the newspaper obit is in the Idaho Statesman (there are many but this one seems to be the most complete).
That sunset is stunning as are all of your photos.
Anne

Tom

4/14/2018 04:54:37 pm

I remember quite well that you and I shared an appreciation of Pat McManus's writings, and I'm very saddened to hear that he's gone. I spent many happy hours reading his books, And like I said in the past, sometimes I would laugh so hard I would have to stop reading and put the book down to be able to catch my breath. Thanks for letting me know whats going on because I don't watch a lot of news anymore so I hadn't heard of his passing.

When I get back to Colorado I'm going to dig his books out of my storage room and keep them with me so I can enjoy them all again.

Thank you for the compliment about my pictures, and it's great to hear from you again Anne.

Tom

Barney Ward

4/14/2018 04:38:28 pm

Last night at San Pedro was a terror with the garbage cans bounding around the area from the wind. I secured a couple of them and hoped note of the others would fly into the Castle's sides. Old down town Alamogordo does have some interesting old places to photograph. Have fun and make sure you have spare electrons for the camera.

4/14/2018 05:04:39 pm

All that wind brought in a cold front and it got down in the low 40s here last night. But it looks like all that's over and tomorrow is supposed be a beautiful day.

I miss San Pedro, I think I stayed there longer than any other place in Texas. I also miss that country buffet place, that was some pretty good food.

Tom.... Tired of toooo much wind.

Tim

4/14/2018 05:02:04 pm

When I tried to open your blog sometime yesterday, it had some kind of error and no blog. My theory is that after you took that photo of F-R-E-N-C-H-Y (I don't want to write his name in case he's like Beetlejuice), he got into your computer and your blog and now you're cursed. I hate to be the one to tell you this, but just want to give you the straight facts. If I were you, I'd head to another PowWow and see if there's a medicine man there that can help you. Otherwise . . . . well, it was nice reading your blog while it lasted/!

4/14/2018 05:18:11 pm

Years of boondocking has taught me to make the best of any situation that I happen to find myself in. So in the case of Frenchy, I'll be careful not to write his name three times, I'll make the best of the situation and use him as a ghost writer, get it! GHOST WRITER! I crack myself up.

Tom

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