A few days in Albuquerque

Last Tuesday (October 20, 2015) I arrived at the Albuquerque / Bernalillo KOA. This area is an Albuquerque suburb about 15 miles north on I-25. Really nice campground and they are very good judges of people — my assigned RV space is right next to the private gated walkway through the side fence to the Brew Pup next door.

The RV ran well and while there was lots of little up / down sections of road, there was only one long 4 % + grade. Just down shifted and rolled along at 35 MPH. Since I only drive 55 MPH normally (truck and towing), being passed by trucks is no big deal, it happens all day long.

I took Wednesday as a down day to just kick back and get some projects done around the RV. I got a chance to install my side to side level on the back of the RV, as this RV space is perfectly level side to side. I needed to wait till the RV was perfectly level side to side so I could install the level. (RV refrigerators have to be level, within 3% side to side or 6% front to back. Bouncing down the freeway – not a problem.) I did the front to back level a few days ago in a RV space where my leveling blocks just happened to set the RV perfectly level front to back.

Albuquerque had some incredible Thunderstorms. The pounding rain was great to fall asleep to; driving in it – not so. The RV sprung a small leak around the window by the dining table. I’m pretty sure it was coming in behind the external window frame. (Re-caulked all windows, when things dried out.) I ended up putting a container below the leak and used duct tape to guide the rain into the container.

Thursday I took the improved weather to drive to Los Alamos. I’ve always been interested in the National Labs and the development of the atomic bomb. They now do all sorts of advanced research as well as testing existing atomic weapons for aging reliability. I went to the Bradbury Science Museum and spent most of the day there. The historical museum was closed for the day but I got what I came for in the Bradbury.  J

I decided to extend one more day to take the local train up to Santa Fe. In the morning I was stressing over the day and finally realized if it isn’t adding joy – f’ it.  I ended up just kicking back and getting some more projects done. Would have like to visit Santa Fe but shopping has its limits, I didn’t want to drive, and it turned out the train stations parking fills with commuters (like BART). I made the right choice to just kick back.  I’m gradually learning to listen to my emotions.