Made it to Albuquerque

May 21 – There was no rush to leave since we were only 2 hours from Albuquerque.  After breakfast of Kelly McMuffins and fruit, I started making calls about the window while Bill got the RV ready for travel.  I spoke to the window manufacturer, who told me to contact the distributor, who told me to contact the manufacturer of our RV for the specific ID number of the window.  I had to leave a message for him so we headed out.  We fueled up before getting on I-40 again at about 9:15.  We were one of the last to leave the campground.

The ride was pretty uneventful.  We wanted to return the 50 amp cord we bought in Ft Worth to the Camping World in Albuquerque, which is 10 miles further than our exit.  When we got there I called the Forest River guy again so if he could not help us we could have the service department at Camping World take a look.  I got the guy and he gave me all the info on the window.  We did our return and bought a new rack for the RV ladder to carry our 6 foot ladder and if we want we can put lawn chairs on it also.  Before we left I called the distributor back and gave him the info.  New problem:  half of the hinge stays on the window casing and half stay with the pane that we need.  Bill unscrewed the hinge from the frame to get the dangling piece off.  The rep said unless we can take the pieces apart we would have to get an entire new window as the pane only comes with half the hinge and it slides into the other part.  So once we got parked and had lunch we looked at the piece.  Unfortunately to store it in the hold, Bill had to bend it and he bent it in the middle of the hinge.  He straightened it and I was able to hammer them apart, but that doesn’t mean we can get them back together.  I decided to call the manufacturer back and beg for the other part but with the 2 hour time difference they were closed.  Will try again in the morning.  Ugh!

The area here at Bernalillo

We’re parked for 2 nights at the Bernalillo Sheriff’s Posse Arena facility.  We stayed here 2 years ago when we came for the Balloon Fiesta.  The location is great, in town and close to every thing and the price is reasonable.  Had we come a day sooner we could have watched the calf roping competition.  It’s not a fancy place and this time we are the only ones here.  The caretaker family lives here and they are the same folks as before and are very nice.

The view of Sandia Peak from our RV

After settling in we went to Wal-mart to get some groceries and to the pet store to get some Greenies for Xena that were left home.  We considered going out to dinner but I bought a small tub of potato salad, corn on the cob and Hot Links, so Bill said we could have that and go out tomorrow instead.  I worked on the blog and trying to get my HP little printer to work.  I have tried and tried but can only get the color to work.  At least I bought the extended warranty so will take it back to Office Max tomorrow.