Nearly blown away . . . again

The wind started in again by noon with a vengeance. All day long and into the evening, we had constant winds in the 45 mile per hour range with gusts up into the 60 mph range. Then around 1 a.m., we were both woken with even stronger wind gusts. Now, it is really something when John is waken up. Boy, did we rock and roll even more severely than before. We later found out that there were wind gusts up in the 70 to 75 mph range (hurricane wind range). I was ready to pull in the slides but John thought that was overkill and that we would be fine. He was right, we survived it but it sure wasn't fun.

Saturday was a repeat of Friday night but the wind gusts were only in the 50 - 55 mph. I can hardly wait for this wind to stop (if it ever does). If the wind blows here, it pretty much blows all over the state so there is no escaping.

If you are finding all of this boring, imagine how we are feeling. Let's pray that good weather comes to New Mexico soon.

Birthday Boy

Today is John's 55th birthday. John got calls from Melissa and Bonnie and Butch. He also got a call from co-worker Brian who coincidentally called on John's birthday - nice timing Brian.

We woke up to a beautiful calm morning. After our showers, I went to bring up the satellite and my computer wouldn't connect to the router. Worked perfectly yesterday; how can it all go south in between? I ended up calling MotoSat and Linksys for assistance and after three hours, and $40 everything was working as it should.

John decided he wanted to try a Mexican restaurant we saw in Truth or Consequences. When I got outside, John was talking to our neighbors. We stood outside chatting for a good hour. Our neighbors told us that while we were eating breakfast, we had a roadrunner, quail, doves, and red-wing blackbirds all outside our rig. Guess we missed the party. Linner (lunch/dinner) was okay but not great. Once we got home, we sat outside in the glorious sun and slight breeze and simply enjoyed the afternoon. We need more of these kind of days!!!!!

Not an exciting day but a nice one nonetheless. Happy Birthday Honey.

Nearly blown away

Holy cow! I thought we have been in strong winds before but nothing compared to today. We had constant 40 - 50 mph winds with long gusts over 50 mph for over 12 hours straight. We rocked and rolled that is for sure. Finally, after midnight, the winds ceased. Oh, the sounds of silence. As we knew the day was going to brutal, I stowed the satellite. Thankfully, we were able to catch Albuquerque stations from our regular TV antenna to help pass the time. Tomorrow is only suppose to bring a breeze. Something to look forward to.