The remainder of the trip was uneventful, we stayed the night in Tucson at a pet-friendly, swimming-pool- enabled Heritage Inn motel. Ahhhhhhh. Poooooooollll.
Next morning we headed out early. Drove steadily for many hours. At Alamogordo, we headed up the hill (the 82), the last leg of our journey. The trailer tires had become worrisome, they were heating up and we had to stop several times on the way to let them cool down. Fortunately, the mountain gods were smiling on us and provided a nice cool rain all the way up the grade.
We arrived just after noon on July 1 2007. What a beautiful sight. Our rental is on a little hill up in the pines, with a view of the Sacramento Mountains out the back porch. We met the neighbors (B.F. and Gwen) had a beer, reunited with the big dogs, had another beer, and unloaded what we needed for the evening.
We were there for about an hour or so when distant lightning struck a power tower, and killed electricity for a day and a half! Hahaha – welcome to the rural life!
Few random notes: Dave, the explorer-kitty got spooked by a deer and ran up a tree.
Ponderosa pines are not great for climbing because the bark is loose and breaks off easily. He ended up traveling along a branch to where he could jump down to the roof of the house.
