Still windy------------

Bill in his new vehicle

May 25 – The wind died down by morning so Bill put the slide back out.  We hope it stays died down.  Bill went out to clean his first site and I made breakfast.  I ended up just having a half grapefruit and piece of toast because Bill mistakenly put ketchup on my Florentine scrambled eggs, so he ended up having my eggs and an over easy one of his own along with his toast and grapefruit.  He offered to cook more egg for me, but I passed.  Since there wasn’t anything he needed me to do and I wanted to pick up a few groceries for the weekend, Bill said I could drive into town.  The word was that the road to Durango was finished being resurfaced and the one to Pagosa Springs was now being worked on, so I decided to go to Durango.  My first stop was the Durango Mall.  It’s not a huge mall but they have most of the stores I am interested in.  I went to Bed, Bath & Beyond, Pier 1 and Bath and Body Works, but they also have Sears and Penneys and 10 -12 more small stores.  I used my coupons for a few things, then drove into town to see if there was a car wash and to fill the truck.  Traffic in town was terrible and I did manage to go the wrong way on a one way street for a block without incident.  Whew!

Our Site and Designation

I couldn’t get over to the gas station I was trying for so headed back to Wal-Mart and did all of my shopping except for a new wheel for Bill’s bike.  He didn’t know til he tried to ride it that when the bike carrier was bent, his bike hit the ground hard also and bent the wheel.  I guess we’ll have to find a bike shop there or in Farmington, NM.  There was a gas station across from Wal-mart so I filled up and headed for home.  It takes about 40 minutes each way, which is what I grew up on to get to town.  Traffic once I was out of town was minimal.  Bill was wondering what happened to me.  I was taking my time and enjoying my time alone.  It rejuvenated me. 

Bill had his lunch while I was gone and I grabbed a BBQ sandwich at Wal-mart and ate it in the parking lot before I left.  When I got back we made rounds of the campground and checked off who had arrived and turned the reservations slips.  We took Xena along for the ride.  She loves the Mule as much as riding in the truck.

Terry came by while I was gone and changed our satellite pole to a smaller one and said he’d be back and get us up and running.  He did come back and he did get us to 91% on the signal meter.  Bill asked him what he did different that we had and he used a higher elevation.  We were so ticked that we went by the one provided on the TV set up and that the technical support at Direct TV told us.  Unbelievable!  So now we have one TV working.  Will work on the bedroom  TV tomorrow.

We had finished off our Newton Thins so I made a batch of the bagged cookie mix.  They were filled with chocolate chips and pretty good.  That will be our dessert for a couple of days.  I made some chicken chorizo quesadillas for dinner with re fried beans and a salad.  We each had a cookie and then took Xena for a loop walk.  Later we did another loop check once more sites were filled.  Then we watched a little TV and actually went to bed early.