I'm sad to announce that Jim has called Atlantis Events to cancel the March cruise. We were coming up close on the no-penalty cancellation date. I was torn about it; as many of you know, we look forward to it every year. The cancellation is going to generate a refund of approximately $1500. That's 37 stays at a campground. What am I talking about? Well, it's funny, but for the last month, when we have to or want to buy something, I convert it to campground stays at about $40.00 a night. I think, hey, that's 4 days more we don't have to go back to work. Yeah, that doesn't include our storage unit rent, car insurance, fuel, or meals but I wouldn't put it past us to come up with a spreadsheet to figure out our daily expenses! I'm sorry Mike & Dave and Ed & Walter, but we'll have to skip this one!
Some history exploration was in order for today. We went to the Aztec Ruins, but then realized we forgot our National Parks card which would give us free entry. I won't place blame on Jim, as that would be wrong, so I'll say "we". We scrapped the trip (we weren't very far) and stopped at A & W for lunch. We've never been to one. It was similar to a Sonic with it's park in a spot and order from your vehicle scenario and then some bimbo brings out out to ya. How wonderful, sit in your car and eat. Not. They had a dining room so we opted to sit inside. We looked for a place to order, but there wasn't one. We sat at a table and found that each table had a phone. We asked each other if we're supposed to order through the phone. We looked for instructions, there were none. We stalled with menu browsing until other people came in and placed their order through the ominous phone-o-ordering. Jim ordered a burger and I ordered a salad. OK so it looked like a salad (topped with lettuce and tomato) but actually it was a burrito smothered in chili. I ordered a damn salad! Uh-huh.Dasher had his vet visit today. I forget what the doctor said he had. Just some skin thingy. We got Prednisone and some Vitamin E/Fish Oil pills to give him. It wasn't too bad, seventy something dollars.
I've taken a picture of the general scenery here and then you'll understand why there's not others to follow. I call this photo "desolate". Aside from the lack of greenery, it seems like they don't understand the princ
iples of zoning. Let me describe a row properties. Warehouse, farm equipment sales, 6 space RV lot, house, trailer, tool rental, double-wide, field with horses, restaurant, field with old cars and other junk. Speaking of RV lots, I guess you can own a piece of land, add some electric, sewer and water and rent out spaces, right next door to someones private home. It's all a disorganized zoning nightmare. Once back at the RV park, we chatted with the owners (2 couples). They're from Chicago originally. I asked about the oil pump. They say they bought the property with it. He gave me a closer tour while Jim chatted with 1 owner's wife about sightseeing. The oil tank is 250 drums worth and was at the halfway mark. I thought wow, but then he told me it's taken 7 years to get that far. He said he could get someone to enlarge the pump site well BUT if it caves in, he's outta luck. Apparently they opted to take a while to fill it. He said no one will buy it until it's full. Picture 5 years from now, oil becomes outdated as a fuel source. Wouldn't you be pissed? Maybe throw yourself into the oil? 1 good point for them is that the natural gas that comes out of it is used for dryers and hot water heaters on the property. All in all, the point is, it's fugly here.
iples of zoning. Let me describe a row properties. Warehouse, farm equipment sales, 6 space RV lot, house, trailer, tool rental, double-wide, field with horses, restaurant, field with old cars and other junk. Speaking of RV lots, I guess you can own a piece of land, add some electric, sewer and water and rent out spaces, right next door to someones private home. It's all a disorganized zoning nightmare. Once back at the RV park, we chatted with the owners (2 couples). They're from Chicago originally. I asked about the oil pump. They say they bought the property with it. He gave me a closer tour while Jim chatted with 1 owner's wife about sightseeing. The oil tank is 250 drums worth and was at the halfway mark. I thought wow, but then he told me it's taken 7 years to get that far. He said he could get someone to enlarge the pump site well BUT if it caves in, he's outta luck. Apparently they opted to take a while to fill it. He said no one will buy it until it's full. Picture 5 years from now, oil becomes outdated as a fuel source. Wouldn't you be pissed? Maybe throw yourself into the oil? 1 good point for them is that the natural gas that comes out of it is used for dryers and hot water heaters on the property. All in all, the point is, it's fugly here.
Oil pump at Desert Rose RV Resort
Rose bush at Desert Rose RV Resort
Enough about them, let's talk about me. We saw a business called Hurricane Air and Swabbing. We saw some other "swabbing" services. I found this refers to cleaning your oil well. I figured it had something to do with cleaning, as in "swabbing the deck". I found out from a native New Mexico (New Mexican?) couple while at the vet, that New Mexico is going through an oil boom. The tanks out in the fields are substation holding tanks that are interconnected.Once again, we made a u-turn to photograph a sign. It was worth it:
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