2017: Woke early and hiked back to Smith Spring, tucked into the foot of the mountains. Great way to start the morning! After breakfast we headed up the road to McKittrick for a hike back to a cool stone Pratt Cabin and to checkout The Grotto, a cliff overhang with weird stone formations inside it. Then continued on to Carlsbad Caverns. We had time to check out the Big Cave tour (our passes were handy, as we had free entrance with them!) What an amazing place - there are not only amazing formations but it's also just huge place! The self-guided tour was nice, since we could get around groups. With the unseasonably warm weather the bats have already migrated into the cave so we planned on watching them emerge at sunset. Headed twosome BLM land that other boondockers have stayed at to find out it had been blocked off with piles of gravel. So in to the Carlsbad Walmart - then we didn't feel like trekking back out to watch the bats. So supper, grocery shopping and bed. I forgot my wallet, so at the check-out Ashley had to come bring it to me. Oops!
2018: Work day. I ate a late lunch and left work early. Took care of a couplethings at home and then went to meet Mom and Gary at Walmart when theyarrived. Mom talked the tire place next to Walmart into leaving the RVthere so that's pretty convenient and the price is right! We moved theminto the house and went to pick up Ashley. We chatted for a bit, orderedpizza from Home Slice and Gary and I went to pick it up - ordered from thewrong place and we headed up mainstreet. Gary said it seemed familiar froma pass-through back in the mid 80s. Supper and talked a bit before bed.
2019: Think the weather did a bit of everything today (snow, rain, sunny, cloudy,sleet). Got some stuff done at the store. Walked down mainstreet and pickedup olive oil and balsamic vinegar for the date night at home. Tried tocoordinate meeting up with Mom in Albuquerque - didn't end up working out.Still going todwn to spend the weekend with Lisa and Tim, though. FaceTimedwith Kristen to show her details about house-sitting. Watched a moviebefore heading to bed.
2020: Slept in late and felt much better (also made sure to drink water bothyesterday and today). We went for a walk around the lake and really enjoyedthe bit of sunshine available. I got the indoor garden mostly set up -still need to put plants in place but all of the hardware is there and thewater is fertilized in the two tubs. I did my last date-night-in box and wereally enjoyed the adventure date. Then we watched the Mr. Rogers movie andreally enjoyed that as well.
2021: Breakfast with Ashley and Lily then into the frame shop for the first halfof the day. Covered an appointment, worked on a project, and caught up witheveryone. Picked up flowers on the way home and dropped them off atLauren's along with a sympathy card from the store. Sawyer and Evanne cameover for a bit mid-morning to play. Hung out with Mom and Gary, Ashley andLily for the afternoon. I grilled porkchops, made a salad and smokeddeviled eggs for supper. We read for a bit before heading to bed.
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