Alaska trip 2015

Journal Wednesday May 20 ABQ

We left Alamogordo just before 10 am to drive to ABQ to visit our son before heading way up North.  We have been packing the RV for the past 4 days.  I think we have brought just about everything in the whole wide world.  I’m sure over the next few days, we will discover what we forgot.  We have talked to several people who have RV’d to Alaska — sounds like we are in for quite the adventure.  We are heading to Seattle first and have reservations in an RV park in Issaquah for 1 wk— may even stay longer. 

Before we even got out of Alamogordo, the automatic door lock would not work, and the satellite radio died(!).  The radio came back to life between Tularosa and Carrizozo, so we did not have just static to listen to the rest of the trip.  It was a nice day to travel— coolish and not much wind.  When we got to the KOA in ABQ, I played around with the door lock, and it also seemed to have healed itself!  We got hooked up in a “prime spot” — asphalt paved, not far from the clubhouse.  We are usually parked where we can hear the I-40 traffic noise all night, so this was nice.  We have amassed a certain number of points in our KOA membership, so we got this prime spot for $19 a night— this is awesome for a KOA since they are pretty proud of themselves usually!  

We made a Costco run, mainly for fruits and vegetables, then headed to Brian’s house.  Brian is on call today (our son is an anesthesiologist at UNM), so we hung out with Leslie and 5 yr old Josh.  Larry napped while Leslie, Josh, and I took a long walk to a big arroyo that has water pooled at the bottom (lots of rain this spring), and he caught tadpoles with a red plastic cup.  He practices “catch and release”, so we did not bring any home with us.  We headed to Macaroni Grill for supper, then back to the RV park.  It got VERY windy tonight, so we are shaking around in the RV a bit.  We took our usual walk around the RV park when we got back.  The park is really pretty full— mostly out of town RV’s— very few from NM.  We had to wear windbreaker jackets, and it was rather chilly!  Does not feel like May at all. Tomorrow, we’ll spend some time with Brian after he sleeps off his call, then head North on Friday.