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Skriven 2007-01-18 10:42:50 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av hap newsom
Ärende: New Mexico
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Hi Hap,

-> tonight/tomorrow but most of the "wet" punch is gone.  Supposed to only
-> have highs in the low 50s the next few days, with colder weather next

 hn> In the past week or so temps have only gone above freezing for short
 hn> bits of time in the afternoon, and as soon as the sun sets the mercury
 hn> plummets! Finally they say it is over and we should be getting back to
 hn> some more normal temps this week...but so far I haven't seen it! It's
 hn> 9:30 and 33 degrees out and the snow and slush is awful!

We're a few degrees warmer; I checked our thermometer at 10 and it read
38.  It didn't get quite cold enough to snow last night but it was wet
enough to have.  The rain & cold are continuing today.

->  hn> immediate area of one of the show venues. Of course I'm used to
->  hn> Seattle traffic and that might be a factor as well (grin).
 hn> ->
-> I can remember one year it rained really bad, tore down vendor's tents
-> and a lot of other wind damage in the area.  I think we had snow on Fort
-> Huachuca then.  Steve isn't used to city driving, thus, would rather not
-> do it if the city is full of people who are just visiting or otherwise
-> not where they are supposed to be in line with where he wants to go. (G)
-> We did have to go up several times during events but stayed away from
-> where they were held as much as possible, usually trying to get home for

 hn> City driving for the most part doesn't bother me that much, I'm fairly
 hn> used to it...however driving in the San Francisco bay area is awful!
 hn> And Phoenix area sure is nasty as well! Tucson is very nicely laid out
 hn> on the grid system and it's pretty easy to get around and avoid

Have you ever tried Boston? When we were at Fort Devens, we tried to
tell our BIL to take the train in to Boston but he drove.  Came back
that night fussing about how he should have listened to us.  We had the
misfortune of hitting Atlanta (the south side) around 4 pm on our way
out here; we had to get to the north side as we were on our way to SC to
visit friends.  Took us about 2 1/2 hours to get thru.  Stopped at a
strip mall outside the city on the north side finally around 7 for
supper--not a very romantic aniversary celebration but we were together.
(G)

 hn> problem spots when they pop up. If I was to think about "wintering"
 hn> somewhere I'd probably have a tossup
 hn> between San Diego and Tucson.

We'd like southeastern AZ, not neccessarily Tucson but not counting it
out entirely.

->  hn> so close that I can be there in 15-20 minutes I usually find what I'm
->  hn> after (and more) there! www.shipwreckbeads.com

-> I guess I'll have to take a look. (G)

 hn> Let me know what you think!

I'll look after Steve finishes getting the new computer set up working.
Right now, I'm doing good to have my Fido.

->  hn> We have wanted to go to New Mexico for a long time but it never
 hn> seemed
->  hn> to work out for us to go...looks like this may be the year! We're very
->  hn> excited and doing all sorts of online research on what we want to do!

-> I like that area of the country--remember, "red or green?" is the state
-> question and it referrs to chili/related hot foods.

 hn> I like em both (grin) and Anne won't have either but she manages to
 hn> find something bland on just about any menu (grin).

I like them both but not quite as hot as Steve does.  One time in a
place near Las Cruces Steve ordered the red and I ordered something with
green sauce; the waitress told us that the red was hotter than the green
in the two things we'd ordered.  Mine ended up being hotter than
Steve's.  Good thing I had a large glass of hortchata. (G)

->  hn> chicken stew! I cooked a big meatloaf, and a biiiig pork roast today

-> Still trying--no real urge to cook, even making stock from the turkey
-> and chicken carcasses I've got in the freezer. Then I'd have to figure
-> out where to stow the extra.

 hn> Well, don't push too hard!

I'm not pushing yet.  Was out for a couple of hours last night at church
but skipped choir practice again. Probably stay home tonight and save my
energy for a grocery run down at Fort Stewart on Saturday.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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