We parked at the Roswell Elks Lodge again this year. It’s been two years since we were here. We brought Franks little battery powered air plane so he and our favorite bartender, Pete, could fly their “toys” together.
Pete wasn’t working the first two days were there so, we started out to visit the museum where the first rockets that Dr. Goddard designed and flew were on display. It was also an art museum, and had a small planetarium.
Above is just a few samples of his 
first rockets that are on display.
This is a quilt that was hanging in the art gallery. It is all made out of silks and shiny fabrics. I thought it was really unique.
By the time we were about ready to head back, Frank informed me that he was feeling strange and losing control of his right side. So off we went to the ER.
Thankfully it was just down the street a few blocks and near where we were parked with the RV. When we arrived at the ER, he was dragging his foot a little and had a hard time signing his name. They did all kinds of tests on him. Ultra sound, CT scan, and X-rays. They couldn’t find anything wrong with him and sent him home. By that time, he was feeling fine and walked out and we had dinner at the bar in the Elks.
During the night, Frank suffered a severe cramp in his calf. When he got up in the morning his entire right side was acting strange. We did the normal at home tests for stroke, and he smiled with both sides of his mouth, held his hands out straight and talked without a slur. But, because his foot was dragging and he had a hard time getting the spoon up to his mouth with his right hand, we took hem back to the ER. This time they did an MRI. Still nothing showed up, so the ER DR. told him to take a baby aspirin each day and make an appointment to see his primary care physician. So the next day we headed towards CA, with Dixie doing all the driving!
Day one for Dixie driving. About 138 miles to Alamagordo, NM. We stayed at the Elks for a couple of nights. We were going to go to the White Sands National Park, but it was quite a ways out of town, and entailed a lot of walking. So we will have to save that for another time. Instead we drove across town and went to the museum.
About 146 miles to Deming, NM. Nice easy day for second day. We stayed at the Escapee Park, Dream Catchers. As always it is welcoming, it was sunny, and Frank felt well enough to park the rig. We only spent one night, but did have time to go downtown and buy some groceries.
Fall has arrived in New Mexico. The foliage was beautiful. The picture below is a little blurry, but you can see blue sky, mountains, and the trees in their bright yellow foliage. We are driving about 50 miles an hour when we took this picture.
Next day Dixie drove a little further. About 151 miles to Wilcox, AZ where we spent the night at the Elks Lodge. Really nice RV facilities, but right next to the RR track. Didn’t keep us awake. Frank is busy getting better and better and Dixie is tired from driving and trying to help Frank with the hook-ups.
Next stop was Casa Grande. Another 150 miles or so. We went to the RoVers Roost Escapee Park and just spent the night.
Dixie had made a dentist appointment in Algodones, MX to have a crown fixed that had come loose. So we had to be in Yuma by Wednesday. This was the longest day of driving. Dixie drove 176 miles—give or take a few miles. We arrived in Yuma around 2 p.m. and stayed at the Kofa Ko-op Escapee Park. We have been there before and really like it. It is located a little far out of town, but it is quiet and the people are all very friendly. The weather is so nice!! Sunshine and warm. We even got our shorts out. We planned to stay at least 3 days, but ended up staying the entire weekend.
We celebrated Veteran’s Day by putting out our “bunting” for the front of the RV.
We made two trips into Algodones, MX and got Dixie’s tooth fixed and refilled our stock of medicine and had our shrimp tacos. It was a very good stop, and much needed rest.
I think the sunshine is fixing Frank!! He is walking better and is doing a much better job of shaving in the morning.
On Monday, Nov, 16 we headed to Indio, CA. Our home Elks Lodge is the destination. Frank’s Dr. appointment is on Wed., Nov. 18. So we had a day to spend with son, Ray, Nicole and grandkids.
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