A lot of road has passed beneath the tires since my last post from Livingston TX. 1,573.1 miles to be precise. We made stops in McKinney Falls SP to visit a former rabbi who has a post in Austin.  Then a stop at Walmart in Fort Stockton TX, if this isn’t the middle of nowhere, you can see it from here. A couple of nights in Las Cruces NM where we had dinner with our friends Leora and Stu and attended , almost by chance a day of the Dead celebration and folklore performance in Mesilla Square. See Carol’s blog at http://cgstudio.net for more details on that. Then  Benson AZ, Saguaro SKP Coop for one night before heading to Catalina SP for 3 nights and dinner with Elly and Kelly from our trip to Thailand and Vietnam. 

From Catalina SP, outside Tucson, we opted to take the southern route on I 8 to El Centro and then into the desert to stop for the night at Peg Leg Smith Monument. I have written about this place a few times in the past. You could google it. Since it was Friday night of Veterans Day we expected the place to be packed. it wasn’t. Actually there was enough space to swing the coach around with the Jeep attached and find a level spot with no one near us and easy egress. The price is always right there – $0.0. From there it was less than 60 miles to Jojoba Hills SKP Resort and by noon we were set up on our site and had arranged for a gang to come over at 4 for Happy Hour.  Parties are always good!

We are still doing the small stuff to make this space home.  I have started connecting with my volunteer activities. Looking forward to bridge, JCATs, and general trouble making as we go forward for the next 6 weeks, until we leave for Morocco.