I would like to go on the record that I said this was a bad idea
and so I really hope that I mean it that's not good this is not good at all
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well we knew it was bound to happen and that is that with all of the stuff going
on right now but we find ourselves RVing in the middle of what has now
become a pandemic so it's very interesting time right now to be living
the RV life but since we find ourselves in New Mexico at the moment and the
governor of the state of New Mexico has issued what is here called a stay at
home order we're going to stay put in the state of New Mexico for a while and
just see where things go the interesting thing that we've noticed just over the
last several weeks kind of leading up to this point has been that things tend to
change very very quickly so now we find ourselves in a situation for someone
like myself who's a chronic planner not really being able to make any plans or
feel like that making plans right now is prudent to just feel like we need to
stay put and not really know where our next move is going to be at the moment
or how quickly that next move will be depending upon how things go
so today I've really just looked at this particular stay at home order in depth
for myself on the state of New Mexico website wanting to make sure that we are
being compliant with that particular order and one of the things that the
order does still allow for is to be able to still get outside go for a hike go
for a walk things of that nature necessary for health and wellness and
let me tell you when you are RVing with two kids and you have downsized
from 2,600 square feet into 300 square feet to be able to get outside and get
some exercise in is extremely necessary for mental health and physical health as
well but especially mental health and the health of our children
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we just wanted to get out you know get some exercise in walk around and I came
across this field of poppies and this is gorgeous
and there's several people here right now everybody's very socially distant
because this is a great place to take some pictures aroma you can just smell it
coming from all of these flowers and it's just so refreshing and with just
kind of everything that's going on right now it's just kind of it's a little
peaceful Oasis so cool superfine that we found here just outside of the Las
Cruces area to just get out and enjoy nature there's some other people that
are out here taking pictures too everybody's very socially distanced from
one another but just absolutely beautiful place so one can only stay
inside of their rig for so long especially when you've got two young kiddos
so we are going to go and just find a place that we can get on the open and
get in some fresh air some exercise maybe find just a little walking trail
or a short hiking trail that we can be out on you're armed with our hand
sanitizer and our masks and one place we did find here in the Las Cruces area
shortly after we got here was a restaurant called
Si Senors that has a drive-through that had excellent Mexican food so we plan on
making a stop through there for dinner but when you're faced with times like
we're faced with right now and you were hunkered down such as we are right now
you still have to get out at least for us to be able to maintain a certain
healthy level of our minds and of our spirits and I would like to go on the
record that I said this was a bad idea I can't need to go the other way you
know listen to me and so I really hope that I mean it that's not good
this is not good at all drink it up
and I hope youdidn't crack the transfer case I didn't crack it we would have heard a loud boom
if we crack it yeah it doesn't crack in this scene but
let's remember it's a Jeep it's not a four-wheeler and I told him to go the
other way and he did not listen and I was right
I'll shut it off shut the Jeep off let's get digging the first time we've ever
gotten stuck this only like the third or fourth time we've got the Jeep out you
know I just need a lift on the team no we don't we just need to stick to like
dirt roads not dirt bike trails you know what we we wouldn't have these kind of
experiences if it wasn't for that's going out and exploring like this I
guess I don't know for this experience I want remembrances forever I mean
hmm sure I just feel like as a woman you need to have a little flag with the
words I told you so written on it and then you just went to waive the I told
you so flag multiple times a day and this would be one of those times
yeah all's we need is to dig out this pound here and get the weight back on
the tires so once we get the weight back on the tires it won't be high centered
anymore well let's hope that we didn't damage anything no we didn't in the
process I'm a feeling we could be here for a while
see what time it is right now it's 4:10 in the afternoon we'll see how long this goes
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I dug this out so now we're gonna go ahead and try to back this right out of
the mess I got us in hey Charity why don't you let me do it it might take a
little bit of technique your technique got us stuck why don't I try to get us
out of here because your technique didn't work too well
I got nothing
yeah okay that's awesome
maybe I'll let you drive yes you know I think I'll let you drive but
here's the deal I mean we're going to leave this area and we're gonna go to
the slot canyon
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I'm glad I used the all Trails app because Google would have taken us to
the wrong spot so there's plus one for the all trails
app for this so this is a pretty fun little trail so far very very flat very
very easy we'll see how far it is up to the actual can in itself but all trails
have it rated as a pretty easy trail so we'll just kind of see how long that it
takes us to get over there so far so good and no people so we've not run into
anybody we were the only car parked when we pulled up nice outdoor socially
distanced family actively yeah food is different than water you have to have
lots of water when you're in the desert like we are so I think we're getting
closer to the actual canyon part just under a half mile in so far so not too
bad of a hike back to where the actual canyon part starts which is pretty cool
I'm a bear so we came out here it's like 5:30 in the evening which I'm say 2020
should I come out a little bit earlier but I think we're getting towards the
end just because of the daylight shifting I don't think probably not but
you never know so just be careful what I find interesting and I'm not a geologist
but you can just see like the different layers of slick you've got like bigger
rocks they're smaller I mean just the different you can really see layers in
the soil is it goes down between your rock or rock or rock dirt especially
here like if you really see the defined layers there is your really interesting
so through the canyon itself I checked my Apple watch is probably only maybe a
quarter mile so not very far through the canyon itself and then you come out on
the other side of kind of these hills now I think the trail probably does go
on further at least according to the all trails app it definitely does but it's
you know pushing six o'clock right now and we're losing daylight so I
definitely don't want to be here after dark
so we're gonna go back through and head on back and I really want some si Senor
tacos right about do so
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we're almost to my new favorite place that's crazy it is the best Mexican food
on the planet I don't know if it's it best Mexican food on the planet because
I haven't had all Mexican food on the planet excuse me
next to our favorite hometown Mexican food place this is our second favorite so far
so and since everything is what it is right now it's they have two locations
they have si senior's which we've not ever been able to be in because they're
obviously closed right now but then they also have Si Senor Express
and then look at this this is this is how you know that this place
rocks look at this
we're in the street we're in the street because those long line straps around
the building into the street so you know it's good when people are lined up and
the drive-throughs going all the way out ends on the street
I'm waiting for another moment
thank you thank you here's your drinks kids find a spot for them please
thank you
thank you so much
So this is the kind of food that you dig in to as you're driving
it is so good I wish you could taste it thru the cameras
so amazing
she's feeding me chips
oh so good it hits the spot
I think I'm going for a hike
how's yours it is amazing yeah I got cheeseburger and fries at a Mexican
restaurant is so good so it's kind of a bittersweet evening here at the Las
Cruces KOA this evening this is our last night here and interesting things
that are just going on RVing during a pandemic is the New Mexico came under a
stay at home order while that we were here and so we were planning on just
staying put and enjoying this beautiful view for a while
however they changed their stay-at-home order just within the last few days and
what happened was the original stay-at-home order it's still allowed
for campgrounds to be open but they could only operate at 50% capacity the
new stay-at-home order was revised to where now campgrounds can only operate
at 25 percent capacity so due to the fact that they can't have but more than
25 percent capacity here we're forced to move on
and so we'll be moving on tomorrow to a spot where we can hopefully
today for the rest of the month during the National social distancing orders in
the state stay at home orders hopefully those will expire by the end of this
month so that we can then resume some travel but last night here
beautiful campground it was a great place to stay they do have a pool
they've got some things that we just couldn't take advantage of because of
what's going on right now but it's a beautiful beautiful view we've had this
view out our front windshield now for the last I don't know a few weeks and so
a little bittersweet having to head out tomorrow but things are what they are
and so we'll be moving on in saying goodbye to Las Cruces
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