{"id":553,"date":"2007-03-28T21:22:57","date_gmt":"2007-03-29T01:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/?p=553"},"modified":"2007-03-28T21:22:57","modified_gmt":"2007-03-29T01:22:57","slug":"ocotillo-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tour.airstreamlife.com\/wordpress\/?p=553","title":{"rendered":"Ocotillo sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our days seem progressively more ordinary as we sit here without moving. The adventures have been limited. Today, a haircut, some groceries, drop off a disc at Blockbuster, check out the local Thai restaurant, work, work, work … all very suburban and completely at odds with what we’ve done for the past year and half.<\/p>\n

Eleanor has reminded me that it was only 11 days ago that we left Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Funny, it seems like weeks to me. And here I was thinking we needed to break out this weekend for a trip …<\/p>\n

Normally after a cold front passes through I’m used to seeing clearer skies. It has been beautiful today but the dust from yesterday’s high winds is still visible against the backdrop of the mountains. In a few days it should be settled, perhaps even as soon as tomorrow, and if there’s a chance to break away from work we may take half a day to drive up to Mt Lemmon. <\/p>\n

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\nSunset between the ocotillo<\/em><\/p>\n

Another symptom of wanting to hit the road again is finding myself idly browsing the National Park Service website. Coming up on our list is Chiricahua Nationa Monument<\/a>, not far southeast of here. Chiricahua is at higher altitude so we were waiting for the weather to warm a little more before going.<\/p>\n

Today I noticed that the roads in the park and the park campground have a 29-foot trailer limit. Our trailer is called a 30 but in reality is 30 feet 10 inches long, so we can’t stay in the campground. But we can still visit the park. We’ll just have a few logistics to work out.<\/p>\n

Eleanor has been reviewing schools and their schedules. Turns out that the 3-month summer vacation we remember as kids no longer exists. Now schools give a couple of weeks here and there, with school being in session nearly year-round.<\/p>\n

Whose dumb idea was that? A schedule like that is going to cause us huge trouble, since I have a travel schedule (rallies, events, meetings) that will persist even after we stop full-timing. Will I have to go alone, thus taking us apart for weeks at a time? We’re not psyched. We’ve been together every day since Emma was born, with few exceptions, and we like it that way. This is going to take some serious consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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