Muchacho Polaco

This has been a record breaking year for rain – which is nice because we didn’t get any rain the prior two years. Still, it’s getting old and every time it rains the pool fills with debris.

The house is mostly guest ready, so we have had a few people over the last couple weekends. Last night was M&D, T&K Davis, S&S Lewis, and C&S Gauger. Good food and good wine.

It has rained a lot this year. That’s good because it didn’t rain much the last couple years. Such beautiful sunsets in the neighborhood.

We have found far too many scorpions in the house – like maybe 5. They’re usually on the wall and usually in the bathroom. We spray frequently, but I think with the monsoons, we’re going to lose that battle. A few weeks back I bought a flashlight that would help us find these miserable things – sadly, far too well. The first night I took it out, I killed about 12 scorpions in under 5 mins. We need to clean up the yard and bomb it.

This was no small task and it took much longer than I anticipated – but we really like the finished product (especially when compared to how hideous the original was).

Here’s the original:

We had a lot of fun on our brief little trip to New Mexico a few weeks back. We didn’t do anything special – just went to a fairly remote “town” (population under 100) in the middle of nowhere in the Gilla National Forest.

It was a refreshing break from the 100+ temps at home – we spent most of the week in the mid-60s with lots of rain. We loved it.

The picture below is of the place we stayed. They had all sort of fruit trees on the property. Yun was picking from the mulberry tree in the photo. There was an endless supply of them. They’re not unlike a regular black berry. So good. So free.

We went for long walks on the dirt road near the lodge. The dogs were in paradise. Scout, despite being entirely deaf, avoided wandering off (though he always does push the limits).

About 45 minutes away was a town by the name of Truth or Consequences. There wasn’t much to do there – but it was something to see. Sadly we missed the fiesta advertised below.

That last leg of the trip became a bit sketch. Fortunately I chose not to pass at the moment we came across this little family.

We left Tucson Saturday morning to make our way to Hillaboro, NM for some rest and relaxation. On our way, we stopped for lunch in Silver City. It was a fun place to stop.

Yesterday we had our interview for our fast passes. It’s hard to believe federal employees actually work on the weekends. We had gone through the interview process in probably about 4 minutes each. It’s exciting to think in the near future we will be able to cross effortlessly.