Well - now we can check the Roswell UFO Museum off of our list. It was nice but I've read so much about the 1947 event that not a lot was new to me - other than some affidavits that I hadn't seen before. The exhibits are primarily framed items on the wall and my back and neck started hurting after awhile. They'll be building a new museum in the future. I hope they get enough money to put in some nice benches and AV exhibits for geezers.
As we prepare to depart, Chuck has difficulty keeping our generator running. All of our electrical appliances run off of the generator when we're not hooked up. We don't really need it when we're on the move so we depart for Albuquerque. We've experienced high, dusty winds ever since we hit El Paso. We just saw a program on the "dust bowl" problems of the 30's and now get a small taste of how it must have been. Hellacious winds buffet the RV and hamper our progress. A police car flies past us, lights flashing - and we finally see it again down the road where a trailer has tipped over in the wind.
We've heard a whistling sound in the past; now all of a sudden, it seems much, much shriller. I attribute this solely to the high winds (as my Dad used to say, "you girls drive your cars until the wheels fall off.") Chuck, however, hones in on the problem. The right side of the windshield is starting to separate from the frame of the RV and there is an open slit at least 1/4" wide. WHAT! How could this possibly happen? We tape it up but I'm on pins and needles for the rest of the trip thinking it's going to pop out. Each side of the windshield costs about $1,000. We have insurance for glass but a question lingers in the back of my mind - can you get sucked out of a moving vehicle?
The drive into Albuqerque was beautiful and I have a much better appreciation for this area than I had when I flew in to see Bill and Laureen in the past. The "box" formed by the surrounding mountains offers a unique environment for ballonists and the famous Albuqerque Balloon Festival. We park for the night and make appointments for our needed repairs. According to the glass replacement specialist, it is quite common for RV windows to become unseated. Uh huh....okay, that makes me feel better, but how can the generator be presenting problems when we've had it inspected and maintained it? The expert's opinion? The wires were chewed by rodents. RODENTS! What in the world do we need to do to prevent that from happening again? Just call me Lucy!
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