Home at last...

Thomas and I left Portland after a great week and a half on Tuesday at 2 pm.  We took turns driving, stopping for an hour in Ontario, OR for dinner, then another hour in Rock Springs, WY for breakfast.  We hit a single file line of red lights in Fort Collins, CO and detoured down 287, slowing us down and nearly causing us to miss Mr. Sushi in Lakewood before they closed from lunch.  Phew!  Fifteen minutes to spare, and they served us graciously.  Another pit stop at Harbor Frieght before heading on to the stop and go traffic between Castle Rock and Colorado Springs.  Admittedly, we were passing through during  rush hour.  From there we checked out Home Depot in Pueblo (where we're heading tomorrow for supplies for an 8 x 16 addition) to price lumber.  And then, only then, could we sail into New Mexico, arriving home at 9 pm!     Twenty-nine hours in all, and we just walked out of the truck, left everything packed snug and safely inside it and the trailer, and settled down for the night....   The last couple of days have been wrought with the business of unpacking, settling in, and trying to establish ourselves.    After an awful series of phone calls on Tom's cell to get a phone line and internet service, we will now wait until Thursday of next week for the service call to set up both through Qwest.  There is much specualtion that they will figure out where we live and have to eat their words about offering internet in the area, which could only mean waiting another week.  Every customer service agent of every business has sung a different tune!  Alas...    And tomorrow we will make a run to Pueblo for building materials, a stop on the way back in Trinidad for groceries, and maybe a stop along the way for a new cell phone for me.  So much to do, and tomorrow is already Saturday!