2026-9-23 Glow Parade

 Grand Marshalls of the Glow Parade, Jan Miller and Linda Brown, two women who were recognized for their longtime membership and huge contributions to the RVW organization.

These pictures aren't the greatest since they were taken at night but enjoy what you can.

Golf carts above and bicycles below.

Even a woman and her dog glowed.

Thanks to Teresa Johnson who was in charge of the golf carts, Texas Ramblin' Roses had an entry.

Only a few could go with the golf cart so the rest of us cheered the parade from the sidelines. Anne even turned on her bubble machine when they drove past it. That didn't last long as the dog part of the audience were not happy with the bubbles coming at them.

The Glow parade is fun and it raises money for RVW.

2026-9-22 Trip to Aztec National Monument

The RVW Convention doesn't officially start until tonight so Elaine, Anne, Cheryl, and I decided to go to Aztec to see the ruins. It's only less than an hour away.

The visit starts with the museum area where there is lots of info as well as a gift shop.

This is a very ancient place.

This area is important to many different tribes.

Now to the outdoor area and the actual ruins.

Obviously a recreation but very realistic. 

Inside the recreation seems very authentic. There are several levels but this is the interior lower part. All those smaller openings you saw in the earlier picture from outside and what you can see here let in light and were probably like the original entrances. 

This structure is mostly underground and would have had a domed top with entrance down a ladder.

One room leads into another room with very low entrances in between. The people were shorter but lower entrances also meant that enemies had to bend over as they tried to come in.

Limbo anyone?

Cheryl went all the way up to the top even after we halfway crawled through the inner rooms....one way in and one way out so no choice but to press on. 

It was getting a little warm for the rest of us.

We went into the town of Aztec and saw this beautiful mural.

We went the 550 Pizzeria restaurant for lunch. The rest of us ordered pizza but Cheryl order half a meatball sub which had two gigantic meatballs.

It was a fun adventure.

2026-9-21 Trip to Durango CO.

 We arrived in Farmington NM on Sunday, 20 September and got all set up at McGee Campground. The convention doesn't officially start until Tuesday evening so Elaine and I decided to drive up to Durango. Xena and Tianna were happy to go along.  It's high but relatively flat in Farmington but we began to see more mountains as we neared Durango.

Xena was ready to roll down the hill to Main street Durango. We went in Elaine's big truck so you park where you can fit. My little Honda CRV has been feeling poorly ever since Hords Creek so I didn't want to get stuck some place. I wasn't able to get it in for a checkup anywhere along our rolling rally route. Everyone said "next week". 

It was a beautiful day for walking along Main Street, sunny but not hot.

Xena said I don't know who this is but it's definitely not my buddy Angus.

Tianna decided she didn't know who this was either.

While Xena practiced an alert and ever watchful stance on her walk, Tianna had to sniff everything on her way and I do mean everything.

A colorful sign off to the side.

There are no real talk buildings in Durango but there are some good size ones. I think this was a hotel.

We decided to stop here where they had some nice outside seating.

Elaine went in an ordered a gelato. It was disgusting, obviously melted and rechilled and shouldn't have been sold. After I saw her inedible mess, I went in and ordered this. While they didn't have any sugarfree, they had quite a few unique flavors. I chose this one and it was absolutely fantastic. Zuberfizz is made and bottled right here in Durango. If you ever see it in your travels, I definitely recommend ordering one. Can't speak from personal experience for the other flavors but this one was

wonderful.

Interesting architecture.

Beautiful flowers in front of shops.

Time to go, ummm, I don't think this is where we left the truck Elaine. It's another block up the hill.

We drove further down the road to see the train station.

This is the train yard.

All in all, a great day in Durango.