January 5, 2006

January 5, 2006

Deming, New Mexico

YEAR 2 DAY 202

 

Today was sunny, but cool and windy.

This morning I did some online research, then phoned the Good Sam RV Club to get some information. Once again, the Good Sam RV Club fails to deliver, for about the third time. We're not very impressed with them, and will not likely renew our membership when it expires. We headed into town to run some errands. First stop was the Post Office. We picked up the Passport America renewal package we were expecting at General Delivery, and bought some stamps. Then we drove back and forth across town to 4 different automotive supply stores looking for the best price on a gallon of Lucas diesel fuel additive. We returned to Napa Auto Parts, where it was the cheapest, and bought a gallon of Lucas. From there it was over to Wal-Mart to replenish groceries and supplies. While shopping at Wal-Mart we bumped into Hans and Peta Arends, friends of ours from Escapees Ontario Chapter 18. We last saw Hans and Peta about a year ago in Livingston, Texas. They were just arriving in Deming, and were shopping at Wal-Mart even before they checked into Saguaro RV Park here. From Wal-Mart we went to Amigo's, a Mexican food wholesaler of some renown locally. We wanted to buy some of their Mexican take-out specialties, but all their foods contained pork, which I can't eat. Disappointed, we bought some Mexican cookies and pastries.

We returned to Saguaro RV Park, put away our purchases, and had a very late lunch. While Joanne put away our purchases, I baked some taquitos for lunch. After lunch, I took Bo out for a training session. Good dog, Bo, well done. I did today's accounting, then we went to today's social hour. We were expecting to chat with Hans and Peta. Hans showed up an hour late, having not noticed that they had crossed a time zone this morning while driving from El Paso, Texas to Deming, New Mexico. Peta did not come to social hour, as she was feeling a little ill. We chatted with Hans for awhile, then walked back to their rig with him, so we could say hello to Tucson, their Keeshond. I'm quite fond of Tucson, who was named for where they adopted him many years ago. Hans and Peta showed us their new Roadtrek 20 foot Class B van conversion. They recently sold their huge fifth wheel and diesel pickup. We are surprised by how many of our Escapee friends are downsizing their rigs. Sandy and Peachy also recently sold their large fifth wheel and truck, and now travel in a 28 foot Class C motorhome.

Hans and Peta came over to our rig to see our new flooring, and say hello to Bo. We chatted for awhile, then I walked them back to their rig to examine a bump on Tucson. They weren't sure whether it was a wood tick or not. No, it wasn't. It's a blood filled benign tumour / cyst, a common growth on older animals. No wonder Tucson gets vicious when Hans tries to remove the "tick". I lent our dog clippers to them to give Tucson a trim.

We had a late supper. I did today's accounting, then spent much of the evening finishing up with the batch of incoming mail. I also finished up, printed, and filed all my 2005 investment records.

DSK