ROCKAGE RESORT!

October 13, 2013

Sunsets in New Mexico are WONDERFUL and this one is no exception!  

This was our last night at the American RV Park.....Till NEXT time!!!

October 14, 2013 

Said the LAST goodbyes to the last of those leaving and we pulled out of the RV park and went over to the North Side of ABQ to Rio Rancho to our friends' home - they were part of our group at the Rally and we all needed some rest and winding down from the Rally... Dayna was one of the GREAT organizers of the Rally and along with THAT, has Moved in the last year and a half, TOTALLY decorated their home and Designed and landscaped their yard, as well as having a NEW Grand baby AND organized Retirement parties for her sweet Hubby, Roy!!!!  She can really juggle those balls in the air!!! 

This is the view as we headed their way:

We arrived in the late morning, just in time to go to lunch at the Santa Anna Star Casino with Roy and Dayna, and our good friends, Millie and Ron and Debbie and Bill and Jim and Sue and Sandy and Ron...  Took 2 big tables to hold all of us, but the Buffet is WONDERFUL!!!!!  Best part is:  Get your "Player's Card" for $5.00, have lunch, then go to the machine, get a voucher for a chip, take it to any one of the gaming tables and they exchange the voucher for a chip, then go to the cashier's window and get a $5.00 Bill!!  WHAT?????????  HUGE Selection of food at the Buffet and it turns out all you pay for is the TAX!!!!!!! LOL!

Sat around in the evening at Dayna and Roy's and did not even eat dinner - TOO FULL!
The sunset at their place is AMAZING as you look at the scenery of the Sandia Mountain right out in front of their home!!!!

View of the back of the home:

View of that WONDERFUL mountain out Front of the home!

More Back Yard shots, Dayna and Roy have done ALL of this landscaping by THEMSELVES!  Dayna designed and the 2 of them did the work on weekends and Dayna worked during the week on it, till Roy retired... AMAZINGLY beautiful - and virtually NO maintenance - nothing to mow....

Our RV Club friends Bill and Debbie and Jim and Sue came to visit for dinner on the 15th in the evening.

On the 16th in the morning, Dayna and I took off in her cute little sport's Car (you all would have DIED seeing me cram my body in that sweet car and then try to climb out of it.........  NOT a purdy SIGHT!!!!!) The guys went off in Roy's truck and the boys did THIER 'guy shopping' and then we met for a "Sam's Dog" and some shopping, and home in time to make up stuff for the afternoon visitors to Roy and Dayna's - Robert and Renate and Helmut and Maria came for dinner - Roy did a GREAT job making his "Poppers" and we had more guacamole and chips and Roy made burgers on the grill - Wonderful!

Before dinner they all got a chance to use the 'Bocci Ball court' and play horse shoes after the tour of Roy and Dayna's home.

Poor Tyson, Maria and Helmut's "adopted'' dog, he wanted to play with the balls, and both he and Kahlua (Robert and Renate's dog) could NOT understand why THEY were not allowed to play with those balls!!!! LOL!

Roy and Dayna's Rig and ours in front of theirs.

Roy's "Man Cave" Grill, where he prepares WONDERFUL steaks, poppers, burgers, etc...  They have created several "islands" of interesting places to sit, visit,  or just enjoy the VIEW!!

We had a chance to come into Roy and Dayna's lovely sun room and visit with Bob and Renate and Helmut and Maria after dinner and had LOTS of stories to share before they left and we said our final good byes to them.

On the morning of the 17th, I loaded the crock pot with a big chuck roast, carrots and onions and potatoes and the guys installed the new front heavy duty jacks onto Dayna and Roy's 5th wheel.  Dayna and I played computer stuff, and I cleaned our place.. Dinner was fun and then TV in their place for a while..

Oct 18, 2013

We ALL took off for some "Retail Therapy''!!  HOLY COW! I REALLY need to get out more.......... Shops like I have never seen! Bargains, Thrifts, Overstocks, etc. World Market is FAB!!!!!!!!!  Total wines for a case of the GREAT ALASKAN AMBER beer I discovered up in Anchorage!!!!! Also, a Few bottles of wine and Autumn Harvest pumpkin spice liquor and Apple Pie liquor.

Roy did steaks on the grill for dinner and we had SUCH a great meal!  then TV entertainment for our last night there at their wonderful "Resort!"