Dawn in New Mexico

It is a cool, fresh morning in Santa Rosa New Mexico.  Everyone else is asleep and I am out at the picnic table having coffee, all by myself!  I truly LOVE living on the road.  I only miss two things; the companionship of friends and family and time to myself. 

We had a relatively relaxing afternoon and evening yesterday.  We were in desperate need of doing laundry (several of us had literally NO clean clothes left).  Everyone got in their suits, because the clothes we had on were at least twice worn.  This campground has the pool right next to the laundry room (exactly where every campground laundry should be) and free wifi on the patio, so E got a ton of swim time in.  The campground also has cable, so the other kids got in large amounts of swim and/or TV time.  There was a Spongebob special on, so JW was a happy little boy.

Today is the beginning of our 5th week and our thoughts are turning towards home more and more.  It is interesting to see the things that each of us is happy or unhappy to return to.  E speaks about her friends and swimming every day.  JW keeps mentioning sleepovers with C and is sorely missing Legos.  J and T are also talking about sleepovers and "teen socials with their friends.  J is missing video game time and T is talking about football.  L obviously misses her friends and is planning her party, which is just a week after we get home.  All the kids are talking about the animals.  T is particularly excited to see Hope again.    Tom and I are focused more, I think, on the things we need to DO when we get home.  He is mostly excited about getting "back" to things.  I am not so much.  I will be so happy to reunite with friends, but I have truly enjoyed these weeks of less obligations of every variety and of new and exciting (although not always pleasant) experiences.

Today we are off to Palo Duro Canyon state park in Amarillo, TX.  We are hoping to go to a dinner theater show there tonight.   We are again on Route 66 today and hope to make a stop at Cadillac Ranch on our way to TX.

And so it goes.  Part of us is clearly turn our focus more and more towards home, but we still have one week left and are hoping to have some more adventure before we return.  Can't wait to see you all next week!