Matt's New Mexico (Formerly Airstream) Adventure

[Matt]

My TW-666N smell just a little bit like throw up from Thursday but I’m not quite ready to wash them yet.  They look ok so I’m going to just spend some time outside.  Don’t judge me.

[Matt]

Got out to take a short walk around the campsite today…

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

Wow that's what I imagine Heaven would like if it was really real.

[Matt]

I’ve heard Arizona compared to biblical locales before.  Heaven was not one of them.

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

I was reading some Mormon literature before and they had a version of Heaven something akin to those pictures. This might be where I am getting the sentimentality from.

But as I type this I realize you are most likely being sarcastic and probably mean something more hellish perhaps. 

[Chris]

Phoenix is pretty far from heaven in every possible sense.

[Matt]

Agreed.

[Matt]

But I’m from Baltimore so I know a thing or two about the circles of Hell.

[Matt]

Placed an offer on a 4 br 2 ba in NM near Albuquerque on Sat.  Offer accepted on Sun.  Stepped foot in NM for the first time today.  We just visited the house with the realtor.  Fortunately we made a good choice.

This is going to affect our travel plans moving forward but I’m not sure how exactly.  I’ll keep you all posted.

[Matt]

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

Nice! Where are you going to park the trailer?

[Matt]

The Tin Palace will be on the market soon.  We bought it pre COVID and the RV market exploded after the lockdown so we stand to make a good bit of money from the sale.  The kids likely won’t want to go back to this life so once we’re settled we’ll probably get something smaller so we can continue our journeys less frequently until they move out.  When they go Katie and I plan on getting back into it.

[A Former User]

Wow that happened fast! Congratulations

[Filthy2123ozjunkie]

That must be be a relief to have a place to really call home! CONGRATULATIONS! 

[sabergirl]

ABQ is nice. I’ve visited some family there. Congrats

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[Matt]

Thank you both.

Yeah, the Rio Rancho area has great schools, awesome neighborhoods with lots of parks and the average amount of time on the market is a day.  We couldn’t afford to wait so when we saw one we liked we checked all the vitals and pounced.  We were one of 15 offers after just a few hours being for sale.  Lucky for us we made a cash offer. 

[A Former User]

Yea they go quick because there are so many people there. I hope they’ve completed the construction on Highway 550, because that has been a nightmare for a looong time. Bosque brewing built a new brewery there a few years ago near Highway 313. It’s really nice, right by the rio

[Matt]

I didn’t notice any construction issues.  Looked like the roads through town had been widened very recently to accommodate the influx of people.  There’s a new Intel plant so I guess that was the impetus for the boom.

[A Former User]

If they have finished finally then it will be GLORIOUS! That was an essential improvement. You should’ve seen how they had to shift traffic during construction. Insert puke emoji

[Matt]

They’re we’re doing some final touches but the traffic was flowing with bike lanes aplenty.