Gas Prices and a lesson learned

Last night, we stopped in Amarillo, TX. Actually on the outskirts of the city. We hate rush hour traffic so this is perfect for when we leave. Our travel day was nondescript. Boring driving along hwy I-40. We stopped and had lunch at a rest area but other than that it was just long, long stretchs of road and land and bushes. The gas prices haven't been as bad as we thought they would be. When we left CA we were paying $2.83 per gallon and yesterday we put gas in at $2.51. In Amarillo, we noticed gas prices were $2.49 per gallon. At the RV park we learned a very valuable lesson. When I closed the door to the RV it wouldn't lock but I was sure it was closed and sat down in the seat to follow the guide to our RV parking spot. As he was guiding us into the space he began waving his arms and telling us to stop. We were driving into the sun and couldn't really see to much. Suddenly we saw this streak of white heading for a tree. The door had swung open and Oliver spotted it and out he went. Luckily, he headed for the tree to pee. I went out and retrieved him and we parked. Now, Skip is fixing the door. The thing is that I'm always the one nagging him about making sure it is locked before we drive. Like I said, Lesson Learned! As I promised here is a picture of Oliver in his new coat. Today we are heading to Arkansas to the Crater Diamond State Park.

Acoma, New Mexico

We spent two nights in Las Vegas. Mark and Marisa got the keys to their house and we were able to see it. It is a two story house...3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, plus a family room and a hot tub. Lots of space for the dogs to run. On our way home we'll stop by and see the changes they have made. We spent way too much time driving yesterday! I was able to finish sewing Ollie's fleece jacket. He looks so cute. I'll try to put a picture on tomorrow. It was Halloween and so many little things happened to me yesterday that were very frustrating. Today they are funny...sort of! I had put my glasses on the center section of the RV and somehow they fell to the floor. I never saw them until Ollie was chewing on them. By this time, I had obviously stepped on them, bending the frame all out of shape. Ollie managed to put a few more scratches on the lens. Okay, so now I twist and turn them but they still look like I swiped them from a street lady who lives under the bridge. We drove to a casino and parked in the RV Park and waited for the shuttle to pick us up and take us to the hotel to register. 15 minutes and 5 phone calls later we gave up and walked down there. It's COLD here in New Mexico at 7 at night!!! Still no shuttle in sight. The customer service of the hotel staff was awful. We decided to have dinner and a buffet sounded good BUT I refused to pay the price. $23.50 for a buffet at an Indian casino. The restaurant also had a regular menu so we ordered off of that. My brother, Henry called during dinner so I had a nice talk with him. When the phone rang I got up from the table and talked to him where I wouldn't bother others. When I came back, the lady behind us got a call and sat there and talked on her phone. I was peeved but managed somehow to control my big mouth. I ate a little more of my steak and asked the waitress for a to-go box/bag but they don't provide them! I couldn't believe it so I took the tin-foil that my baked potato was wrapped in and wrapped up my steak. Good thing I didn't want to take my soup with me!!! Guess what, now we have to wait for the shuttle to take us back to the RV Park. We waited for about 10 minutes with another man who had also had to walk down from the RV park because the shuttle never came. His wife had decided to play in the casino and wasn't taking the ride back up the hill with us. The shuttle van arrived and the driver jumped out and came around the van with a perlexed look on his face. He said that he only had room for 2 people because he only had 2 seats. Really only 2 seats in this van. Skip and I straddled the one seat and the other man rode up front. That was the topper to our day. Around 2 a.m. Skip got up and discovered we didn't have any water. A light bulb went on in his head and frozen water lines came to mind. The water in the hose that brings water into the motorhome had frozen. He disconnected the hose and left the faucet drip inside so that it didn't freeze. We ran the furnace the rest of the night which is something we just never do. This morning it is cold but sunny and clear. Now it's on to another day of adventure...