1/28/18: On the way from Roswell to Sierra Vista, we passed White Sands National Monument. We wanted to stop and visit the park, but on that day the US government was shut down and the park was closed. Thanks, Washington! When we left Sierra Vista, we debated going up through Santa Fe into Colorado, but since we weren’t able to see White Sands (Thanks again, Washington!), we decided to head in that direction instead.
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Archive | January 2018
Sierra Vista, AZ
1/23/18 – 1/27/18: We arrived in Sierra Vista about noon and planned to spend several days visiting with Pat’s dad and Lin, his wife. We had been there a couple times before, but our last was about three years ago, so our visit was long past overdue. Each time we come, they take us to new and different places, and this time was no exception.
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Roswell, NM
1/22/18: Since returning from New York, one of the first places we wanted to visit was Sierra Vista, AZ. Pat’s dad and his wife, Lin, have lived there for the past 15 years or so. We hadn’t seen Pat’s dad in about a year, and hadn’t seen Lin in almost three. It was well past due for a visit. We finally had a window of opportunity at the end of January, and took advantage of it. As we were looking at the map and route we were taking, we saw that Roswell, NM, was right on the way. We definitely had to stop there!
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Austin, MN
1/16/18 – 1/18/18: While we were on the Erie Canal, one of the people we travelled with (Brian) talked about how much he loved Spam (the Hormel meat product, not the junk mail variety). Kate mentioned that there was a Spam museum near Rochester, MN, and we joked about visiting it while we were in Minnesota. While we were in Scandia, we kept talking about going there, and after things settled down a little, we said “Why not?”. So, we packed our bags and made the trip to Austin, MN, home of the Spam museum!
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