Back at Rockhound

We've begun our dash back to the coast...

More like a crawl since we are planning on it taking 6 days but

"dash" sounds more dramatic.

Tonight we had planned on a return visit to City of Rocks State Park about

25 miles north of Deming, NM but before we got to Deming I told Kate that

I was getting saddle sore and looking to get out of the Cab of the truck, and considering

that tomorrow is almost 6 hrs we decided to stay at one of our favorites,

Rockhound State Park, just outside of Deming.

We are always treated to a great sunset here and tonight was no exception.

We had happy hour as the sun treated us to the finest of sunsets.

Tomorrow we are back on the road early and headed to Texas.

Meanwhile - I've been getting asked to continue our self portraits...

Once again I forgot tonight - so instead I'll leave you with this one.

It's been interesting watching the Doodles get used to the new camper.

The bed is much higher off of the floor and presents some challenges for them to get

up into it.

The outside door is much higher off the ground when loaded on the truck as well.

Lucy has been more tentative about jumping up whereas Gracie is the little acrobat.

Last night she leaped from the dinette seat into the bed.   It was pretty funny.  She looks

like a squirrel running an obstacle course.

We've set up a little spot for them to sleep by either window in the sleeper and 

slowly they are getting used to it.   It means a better sleep for mama and papa too since

the Dog House has a Queen Size bed whereas the Monty is King Size.

Slowly life in the Dog House is settling into a rhythm.

Downsized

Well since my last post we have been busy.
We moved the dog house down to Temp Storage in Casa Grande, Az.
Then moved the Monty down to Catalina State Park north of Tucson.
Then last night moved the Monty up to Casa Grande, transferred
all of our stuff (that will fit) into the Dog house...
Transferred the refrigerator contents from the Monty to the Dog House,
and as I write we have finally spent one night in the Camper - back here
at Catalina State Park.

Last night finishing up loading/unloading.
We shut down the Monty and left it till we return in December.

Our transition into the Dog House went just fine.

We have a bit of clutter of course but we've already thought of ways that

we will organize..  a hook or two here ...   a shelf there...

We'll learn to food shop lighter for instance.

We can carry a lot more in the Monty.  

In the Dog House we'll just shop more often.

The Doodles were a bit lost at first.

The bed is much higher off the floor but Gracie was jumping up and down

in almost no time.   Lucy was more timid and once up there she stayed put.

They are finding the best spots for looking out the windows and surveying the surroundings.

In the Queen Sized bed the 4 of us wrestled for position.
The Dogs won!

The new bed and mattress topper is a winner.
We both slept like rocks in the dark Tucson Skies.

This morning dawned cool and clear and I ran the heat.
Of course it had that new RV Heater Smell that needs to be burned off,
but the small size heats up nice and toasty in short order.

Today I got some needed parts and hooked up the Satellite TV.

I've tested all the systems and everything works just fine.

I've loaded and unloaded the Dog House off the truck a couple of times..

No problems there....

So - we are staged and ready to head east but will stay here for one more day and

enjoy a down day.   Seems like we have been so busy that this is our first time

to finally sit and enjoy the weather.

The doods don't care.

As long as they have somewhere to catch some ZZZZ's they are happy.

Friday we'll head back to City of Rocks in NM and be able to grab one of the smaller

 interesting sites.   Then Saturday and Sunday and Monday we'll work on getting

across Texas....  That's just one big ass state!

I've got a couple of interesting places that we are going to stop at along the way

home, and hope to visit a couple of the Painted Churches of East Texas when

passing thru there so stay tuned.

My rough itinerary home - (subject to instantaneous change on a whim)

Follow the Map Points

B   Friday                              City of Rocks SP  NM
C   Sat                                      Balmorhea SP Texas
D   Sunday                   South Llano River SP Texas
E  Mon     Schulenburg, Tx - Painted Church's Area
F  Tues                             Fontainbleu SP Louisiana
(Stopping there to restock with Boudin  google it - Yum!)
G  Weds                     Seminole Lake - Marianna, Fl
After than - perhaps another stop or two enroute home...  perhaps not.