2026-10-2 San Angelo State Park, Almost Home

 As we sat around our last night in Roswell, Elaine decided she was really ready to head home. When Jimmie was with us the plan was to spend two nights at Abilene State Park. We were going to spend one night somewhere on the road there. Anne and I decided that we would head further south as a shorter way home and arrive one day early. I started looking for an RV park that had pull throughs since it was just one night. Nothing came up at all. We finally decided we could make it all the way to San Angelo and the state park there had pull throughs. We each made a reservation.

I arrived at 4:15 PM and checked in. Anne arrived 16 minutes later and there was no one there to check her in on a Friday night. She came on through since she had already paid and reserved online. 

We sat outside with the dogs and had a glass of wine. It was nice to relax. 

Home tomorrow.

2026-10-1 Miniature Collectibles Museum, Roswell NM

 We arrived in Roswell on Tuesday and stayed at the Town and Country RV Park.

The park was fine with gravel pull through sites. 

Water connections were below ground which always makes it more challenging but I have a garden kneeler which helps. They had a pool which was already winterized, laundry and restrooms which we didn't use, and a couple dog parks. It was pretty quiet.

We did a drive through town to get the lay of the land. Unfortunately Jimmie had to leave early the next morning (Wednesday) to drive all the way to San Antonio due to a family emergency. 

Anne arrived about 1 pm as she was held up getting new tires when we drove in yesterday. She pulled into Jimmie's site since we were all in a row. Trainee at the office wasn't too thrilled because she had to change Anne's site number. I checked Anne's original site and she would never have been able to park there as the tree limbs were lower than her RV roof.

We headed into town because Anne was interested in seeing the Miniatures & Curious Collections Museum. Hey, these aren't cheap kids doll houses.

Some of these were very elaborate.

Do you recognize this from Harry Potter?

The merry-go-round actually works.

They had a little shop where you could buy miniatures pieces for you own miniature houses as well as a display of quilts and a special room where kids could touch and play with a range of miniatures.

2026-10-1 The Wild Weird Side of Roswell NM

Elaine, Anne, and I sat outside with the dogs for a while. Xena is a Dachshund, Tianna (far right) and Fannie (puppy) in the middle are both Yorkies.                                

                                    

We decided to check out what Roswell is most famous for before we headed home.

From a playground rocket........

....to a flying saucer.

The same theme is visible throughout the town.

Even McDonalds's is built like a flying saucer.

Little green men are everywhere.

Everyone wants to get in on the theme.

There is more than one museum dedicated to the subject.

One other thing we have been searching for is the elusive Bisochito, the state cookie of New Mexico. we have looked online and asked everywhere starting in Farmington. I don't think that many New Mexican are even aware they have a state cookie. Finally, we located them at a bakery in Roswell. Not overly impressed with them.

Roswell wants everyone to stay in touch.

2026-9-28 Back in Albuquerque NM

 We spent a few days back at Enchanted Trails RV Park where we did exciting things like laundry and playing games. We saw some beautiful sunsets and some rain.

We went back to the 66 Diner and cashed in on our free milkshake. Go back and read my earlier post if you don't know what that is. They are incredibly good and huge as long as you order for in the restaurant. You can get a takeout glass if you can't finish it.

We spent some time at Discount Tire because Jimmie thought she had a screw in her tire but it turned out just to be stuck in the tread. Anne didn't get away so cheaply. she had a leak the morning we left for Roswell which necessitated 4 new tires.

 

We had lunch at another Mexican restaurant whose name escapes me. No matter, we would not go back unless it was just to get their sopapillas which were good. Then we hit up a thrift store and a Walmart. We filled up our gas tanks at Maverick which had a better set-up for RVs than Pilot. Love's on the west side is horrible for RVs. 

Just some downtime when the weather wasn't that great and we needed to chill.

2026-9-26 Around McGee Park, Farmington NM

Before we leave McGee Park and Fairgrounds, a few pics.

The Roses Row. I'm hidden behind Frankie and Emma's big rig on the right.

My neighbor Sharon's rig.

Xena was gifted a jacket which she was very happy to wear. I got a bit chilly for a Texas Dachsie.

Roses decorating the Glow Parade entry in back. Peanut is not sure she wants to be part of the audience.

Xena knows that is Jimmie's chair and Jimmie carries "Cookies".  She is sporting her brand new New Mexican collar.

Elaine and I are on this end of the row.

That is it for our week at the RVW Convention in Farmington NM. Sunday we head back to Albuquerque for a few days on the way home.

2026-9-26 RVW Convention

Some started their convention week early with a train ride from Durango to Silverton. 

I think they had a very good time.

There was a room with vendors selling their wares all week.

And there were seminars from soup to nuts....well not really but a diverse group from vendor provided to RVW member speakers.

I have to say that my two favorites were Yvonne Johnson with Snapshots to Stunning: Easy Travel Photo Tips, and Using the RVW Website with Jan Miller. Cecile Galt gave several great presentations as well. Ashy ONeill gave a vendor presentation towing like a pro that I enjoyed even though I have a motorhome. I was conflicted a few times and missed Betty Grant doing a vendor presentation of Essential Tools and Resources as well a Debra Tatacs Dutch Oven Cooking.

There was a popular solar presentation with a big push on lithium batteries.

There were also some craft type classes like Scrappy Quilt, Kinusaiga, and Poetry to Everyone.

There was also a Remembrance Ceremony for those members that passed this year. Nancy carried a Rose for Lynn and Jimmie carried a Rose for Cindy. Other attendees stepped up to carry a Rose if a chapter didn't have someone there to do it.

We had a good Mexican dinner one night prepared by RVW members as well as some good breakfasts also prepared by members.

We had a very good speaker whose grandfather was one of the Navajo Code Talkers from World War II. She gave an interesting talk and also presented some books she has written for kids.

The RVW Directors presented a skit. We also had a fantastic catered prime rib dinner.

There was a  two women singing group the last night. Prior to that, the texas Ramblin' Roses had a potluck which we moved to the covered picnic area due to weather.

This is just a small smattering of what went on at the convention and just a few pictures. After all, I was busy too.