January 6, 2012
Arriving at Ft. Bliss in El Paso
We have just arrived at Ft. Bliss after a lot of
unexpected delays and lunch in Van Horn at our favorite local Mexican
restaurant, Chuy's. Michael's checking
at the office. The campground looks PACKED!
So, the FamCamp here is FULL. They can give us a place in the morning. Go to Walmart for the night. No Way!!! We've decided to press on to Deming, NM, About 2 hours farther. Oh, boy, do I ever have fanny fatigue! Aleve tonight. Maybe we'll stay in Deming tomorrow. We're used to eating lunch in then RV, and although we enjoyed our lunch at Chuy's, it meant more SITTING. We don't sit at lunchtime in the RV.
Oh Boy! It's 4:50 and
we had just stopped to plan our route to Deming, and were about to continue westward...
...but Ft. bliss just called and said a they had a spot for us. It JUST opened up. So we're turning around. You can see the green arrows on the GPS as we squirreled around! We were going the wrong way, anyway. I am soooo tired! So ready to get out of this truck. Now it's 5:00 and we're back at Ft. bliss. Oh, cute. Michael checked in and learned that this spot was free all afternoon. Talk about waste and delays!
...but Ft. bliss just called and said a they had a spot for us. It JUST opened up. So we're turning around. You can see the green arrows on the GPS as we squirreled around! We were going the wrong way, anyway. I am soooo tired! So ready to get out of this truck. Now it's 5:00 and we're back at Ft. bliss. Oh, cute. Michael checked in and learned that this spot was free all afternoon. Talk about waste and delays!
380 miles, 9 hours.
Many delays. Long day! One of THOSE days!
Forget the colorful little M&Ms ---at times like this one needs more than just a little chocolate. One needs something big and powerful. One cake. With ice cream. OK, OK, just the cake...for starters. Just everybody leave me alone! Do not mess with me!!!
Forget the colorful little M&Ms ---at times like this one needs more than just a little chocolate. One needs something big and powerful. One cake. With ice cream. OK, OK, just the cake...for starters. Just everybody leave me alone! Do not mess with me!!!
Wow, what a day!!! Maybe that spot was open, but otherwise committed? Like a reservation that was cancelled? I'd feel like that ape, too. Just immerse myself in something pleasant and glare at anyone who threatened my space!
ReplyDeleteActually, the space was open but the staff didn't check after the people vacated the space late, after the check-out deadline. So, they didn't leave on time and whoever was on duty never checked it off when they did finally leave; they just left the space marked "occupied" on the master sheet. Just before going off duty they made a final check and realized that it was empty. That was right after we left for Deming, so they called us right away and we went back.
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