MEANDERING MOOSE

So one day while I was hiking on the desert I felt a tap on my shoulder. When I turned around there stood this giant scorpion preparing to attack. I promptly broke out my trusty Swiss Army Knife, yelled ON GUARD and the battle was joined.      After 17 days of boondocking on the desert we decided to live the life of luxury in one of those upscale RV resorts in Yuma, Arizona.  Since we had a coupon for 3 nights free, why not!  Full hook-ups, long showers and easy access to grocery stores felt pretty good.  Yuma is on the border of California, Arizona and Mexico and, in my mind, had one of those western town reputations established from watching 1950's movies.  Very little of that western influence remains as the town is a massive "snow-bird" destination.  We quickly learned to avoid any store on senior discount day. Those geezers can get meaner than a nest of hornets if you get between them and their discounted Geritol! Sugarloaf Mountain...

     After a great visit with family and friends over the holidays we returned to Dallas to get our rig out of storage and prepare for more adventure.  When we left Dallas for the holidays we left gray days with temperatures in the teens and twenties.  When we returned it was was more of the same as we hit our record low of 14 degrees.  Yikes...we never expected such temperatures in Texas. Everybody was cold and rigs were freezing-up all over the campground. So run we did.  That's one reason why we live on wheels!       It didn't take a "brain surgeon" to figure out that we needed to head south and head south fast.  So we made a 10 hour "bee-line" to Pancho Villa State Park in Columbus, New Mexico.  Columbus is 2 miles from Mexico and rewarded us with sun and 65 degree temperatures.  Ahhh...what a delight!      Columbus has nothing to offer except a unique state park and close proximity to the Pink Store i...