Almost Christmas.................

    Well, woke up early this morning and headed out to finish up some last minute Christmas shopping, finished it off before the crowds formed. Ever notice that when there are very few people in the store, they only open a couple of cashiers so the lines are as long as when the store is busy and you really don't save much time.
    Got home and decided the cooler temps (40ish) were the ideal time to start the wash and wax process on the Montana. So being that I am not as young as I once was..................... I washed the front cap, the back cap, and curb side. 4 hours later I have a 2/3 washed and wax trailer. I will finish the other 1/3 (street side) over the holidays. Tried a new wax on it this time, Meguiar's Premium Marine and Rv Wax. Goes on easy and buffs off easy, only time will tell if it works like advertised, has great reviews, so we shall see. Hope everyone has a safe and fun holiday season. Enjoy life, its to short to sweat the small stuff.

Glad we winterized................again

When we arrived home last weekend, I said to my self, "self you better winterize this thing again real quick". So I blew it out, drained the tanks and hot water heater, pumped a couple of gallons of RV antifreeze through the system, and bam here comes the weather. I think winter is here, regardless of what the calendar says.

End of Thanksgiving Weekend

The bad part of the trip is today, broke camp this morning and headed for Roswell. Arrived home about 1pm, unloaded and winterized the rig. A great weekend all the way around. If you make it to Ruidoso, you really ought to try the Gondola Ride at Ski Apache, it is $17 per person, but well worth the money and time.
    Now for alittle NFL, Chiefs VS Broncos, hope its a good one.

Trip to Ski Apache

This morning dawned alittle overcast, but warmed up quickly, and most of the cloud cover burned off. So it was off to Ski Apache, we got an early start, after alittle adjusting on Janice's new bike, so at the crack of noon, we headed up the mountain. Its a twelve mile trip up and the snow from last weekend made it a beautiful drive. Upon arrival, first course of business was lunch. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of eating at a ski resort....................visualize eating at an NFL stadium, yep price are right up there with the best hamburgers and fries in the world. They were huge burgers and a ton of French fries, and good.
      After the lunch was time to look around and then take the gondola to the top, great ride and a fantastic view, you can get out at the top and view the surrounding area for 100 miles. We enjoyed the trip.

This is our starting point Circle B RV in Ruidoso, New Mexico

View of Ski Apache and Janice

View from the Gondola (back down at the lodge)

Black Friday or Not

    Well to start with, we had a great dinner at the Apache Travel Center Casino last night, they had the traditional Thanksgiving dinner spread, we chose to go a different route. Good food, and as usual they made some money off of us in the casino, oh well, great night out. Hit the sack after a busy day, Janice had sewn a quilt for the bed in the RV, and first night using it was a huge success, very pretty and comfortable too, got to love it when a plan comes together.
     Today, woke up to 25 degrees and clear, warmed into the high 50's before 10:00AM. We did some shopping, took Janice to a fabric store, hit the auto parts store and went to Wally World, no mobs here, looked like a normal day. Bought some Christmas presents for the family and bought Janice a bicycle, now we have one for each of us, and I picked up a rack for the front of the truck,(truck has a front receiver hitch) a couple of weeks ago. Bad news is I left my bike and carrier in Roswell. So this trip it will be just Janice riding.  
     Tomorrow we will head up to the Ski Resort, it did open as planned on Thanksgiving. Only a few trails open but its always worth the trip. Well time to go have some dinner or maybe take a nap and then go have dinner. Love the options........................
     Well dinner was at the "Ranchers Steak and Sea Food" Great dinner, highly recommended. Ruidoso is hopping tonight, down town is pretty busy. Well its time to watch alittle TV and head for bed, see ya tomorrow, maybe some pictures from Ski Apache, they say the gondola is running, maybe a trip to the top of the mountain.