How Did We Ever Find New Mexico?

So, we got Arizona and then did a small side trip to San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico.  Yeah, we had to visit the boat (Faith) to see what will be required for NEXT season.  We took pictures and had fun with friends.  Seeing JJ and going out to dinner while living in motel rooms with really, really bad beds!

Other than that there was the long drive down with lots of construction and turning in our FM-3 (resident alien) cards at the border.  So many issues with that but the process was fairly simple. (Stamp, stamp, stamp... su firma aqui... adios!)

We stayed in our favorite place in Amado and shopped a bit in Tubac then stayed in Tucson for a few days (some extra because it rained) then, finally, we were off to the east.  The Tucson stay allowed some visiting time and the bikes caught up to us there.  More on that probably later.

Turning east from Tucson our first day on a new road was pretty good.  There was a bit of construction with a narrow one lane section at 55 mph but that was nothing compared to Mexico and the jarring roads there!!

One stop had me walking Abby and we had a pet section:

Then it had a warning:

Fortunately it is cold right now so there wasn't much chance of a surprise from the reptile clan!

Missing the Mark?

Sometimes the problem with traveling is what you miss instead of what you stop to see.  While we were in San Diego we made the choices that are inevitable and picked the Zoo and the USS Midway for our main attractions.  What this meant was that we did not see Sea World or other things that would have been fun too.  In Phoenix we first read about and then heard about the Musical Instrument Museum.  Unfortunately we have not allowed time for it and feel a little time pressure that we try to avoid.

In the case of Phoenix we will pass through again during the next few years so we will include this place at some other time.  This has, however, caused me to ponder the rest of the trip as we go places we aren't likely to get back to for either a long time or perhaps never.  Our research is done on the fly, as it were, and it means our choices can be more problematic.  If we don't read enough or don't hear about an attraction it will simply be missed.  Sadly there is not a cure for this but overall it is a condition we will gladly live with to see as much as we can. 

The motor home has been a marvelous change from the travel trailer.  It is easier to set up and take down at each stop.  The systems work better and the ease of having the car (Posie the PT Cruiser) has freed us unbelievably.  We are now talking about getting bikes to achieve a better exercise regimen going.  Looking around I found some aluminum framed bikes and am now looking into different methods of carrying the bikes.  That should give us a more interesting way of seeing nearby things than riding along in the car or the motor home.  We won't miss much and will be taking pictures along the way!!