May Day

Eager to leave the wild weather of Santa Fe behind, we readied ourselves for a much anticipated travel day. But, it was not to be.

Things didn't look good early. Last night's forecast called for high winds across Northern New Mexico ahead of a cold front that held the promise of snow. Today as much as three inches of snow was anticipated in Santa Fe.

With expectations of howling winds from every which way, we pulled in both slides last night. That made things extra cozy! But, when the winds came, we were sure glad we'd taken that step. Not only did we save wear and tear on our slide toppers, but we managed to get a decent night's sleep.

This morning we were up and checking the forecast early. It still didn't look good. Wind gusts to 60 mph, especially along the first 35 miles or so of our route. Further along our anticipated path, frozen stuff was already falling. For a couple of hours we made periodic radar checks. Then, we made the call. We'd stay over another day.

We braved the cold wind to trek to the office. Lady Luck smiled on us just a bit. Our site was available for just one more night. Tomorrow a seasonal resident arrives for the Summer. (What Summer?) We could stay without having to make a move. We plunked down a few bucks and headed home to hunker down for the day.

With the slides still in, our cats appeared confused. They gave us looks that said, "Are we blowing this pop stand, or not?" As I nested in bed for a day of writing, our girl kitty stood at the big window on patrol for birds, blowing leaves and such. When she heard a chirp behind the back wall, she leaped across the bed to the little window for a better look. I looked over and caught a glimpse of the funniest sight. Our eager kitty was perched at a window at the end of our drawn in slide! She peered into the darkness of the back wall and gave me another look. This one said, "What the what?"

With pillows properly plumped, I spent most of the day on the computer as Paul reclined through a movie or two. As a result of my lazy day efforts, Bullwinkle's Travels is up-to-date. New posts about our day trips to the Petroglyphs, Taos and Los Alamos are now available for your reading pleasure. And, somehow I managed to cram a month's worth of Santa Fe into one post.

The snow has yet to arrive here at our park, but we can see it falling all around. The sky is gray. It's cold. And, have I mentioned lately that it's windy?

It is May Day, isn't it? Well, you sure could have fooled us!

Tomorrow promises to be a better day. After this May Day delay, we're so looking forward to hitting the road!