Matt's New Mexico (Formerly Airstream) Adventure
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Harrowing 7 hour drive yesterday from Valley of Fire in Overton Nevada to Dead Horse Ranch in Cottonwood Arizona. Bumpy road all the way. Several near misses from questionably trained drivers. The grande finale being a trip up then down a scenic mountain road my 30’ trailer had no business being on but my gps failed to identify properly. We’re here now and grateful. Lots of great stuff here. Several National Forests to explore and the towns of Cottonwood, Jerome and Sedona.
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Katie and I have been thinking lately about finding a place to settle. The Airstream market is about as good as it’s going to get roughy now so selling the trailer sooner rather than later would likely put us on top. Also, getting the kids back in school would be nice.
Anyone live in or near Northern New Mexico? Seems like the housing market, job market and general aesthetic might fit us, not to mention the mild weather. We won’t be there for a bit but our realtor back home knows someone in Albuquerque we can talk to.
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My uncle has been in real estate in Santa Fe since the 90’s. I’ve lived in Santa Fe since 2006. I can give you my uncle’s number, he knows everyone here…
He has a house in Santa Fe and Dixon, NM (halfway between Santa Fe and Taos)
In the right spot, this place is magic
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Standard & Strange is here, but they don’t have Iron Heart. With Covid and all, tourism and the businesses that support it are tenuous. There aren’t many folk here comparatively. I haven’t bought anything from a brick and mortar since 2010.
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I’m hoping for a hiring boom at just about the time we’ll be getting close to settling. My wife’s a teacher so she should be able to find something. I’m not looking for a serious career, just something to help pay for groceries and to strengthen my case for getting a motorcycle. Ideally I’d like to sit behind a counter and listen to music whilst selling books, folding shirts or pouring beers.
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Belfry Brewery in Cottonwood. Outside dining! $22 to sample all their beers, 13 and n the menu. Getting a burger with cheddar and a peanut butter-nutella-bacon-sauce. The older white people behind us are conversing about “I just don’t understand why they need to make a big deal about it. Internment camps aren’t so bad. Like, couldn’t they go home?” ???
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I can't speak for the other Texans, but life is pretty much back to normal for me. We had a few days of sporadic power courtesy of rolling blackouts, but nothing dangerous. Today was sunny and close to 80, so normal for late February in San Antonio.
Thoughtful of you to ask, by the way. Thanks.
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Belfry Brewery in Cottonwood. Outside dining! $22 to sample all their beers, 13 and n the menu. Getting a burger with cheddar and a peanut butter-nutella-bacon-sauce. The older white people behind us are conversing about “I just don’t understand why they need to make a big deal about it. Internment camps aren’t so bad. Like, couldn’t they go home?” ???
I'd like to introduce the old farts to a internment camp in the high desert and see how they like it.
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@Chris happy to hear it!
@steelworker we are constantly surprised by some of the casual conversations we hear when we’re out. Generally speaking we’ve deduced that most people have no regard or a shocking lack of information about the environment, factually based news media, the validity of race or gender based bias, the Constitution or health and public safety. But they’ve all gotten this far so maybe I’m the one who’s been doing it wrong.
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But they’ve all gotten this far so maybe I’m the one who’s been doing it wrong.
This is the head fuck from time to time.. What if you/we/I are the ones who got it all wrong? All this time they've been right and we've been blind? Then I realize the worst case if we're wrong the world/planet ends up better of, so worst case, there's only an upside.. makes you wonder how rare and difficult a shared truth is.
