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June 2025
We got back to Pine Point just before Memorial Day. We started by getting all the boats in the water and continued by working on a lot of projects. I helped Kevin finish his sauna and started working on a storage bench for our entryway. We also worked on water softeners, painting and other projects.…
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Pine Point
We continued our journey on Thursday through the rest of Iowa and into Minnesota. We stopped once for gas and a break. Then to Willmar, Minnesota for lunch at Foxhole Brewhouse. We had a pretty good lunch and a couple beers. We also got a couple crowlers to go. From Willmar it was only an…
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Sioux City
After a pretty good hotel breakfast, we got the heck out of Dodge. We continued across Kansas and stopped in Minneapolis, Kansas for lunch. We had some tasty flatbread and a spinach chicken wrap at the Farm and the Oddfellow. We also talked with the brewmaster and tried some of his beer from the tap…
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Get to Dodge City
We started in Albuquerque and headed east. We had skipped breakfast so we had an early lunch in Tucumcari. Tucumcari looked a little run down but we found some delicious barbecue at Watson’s BBQ inside the Tucumcari Ranch Supply. From Tucumcari it was a long, flat, straight NE trip through the corner of Texas (lots…
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SV to Abq
We closed up our place in Sierra Vista. It is very different than closing our place in Minnesota. Of course we do not have to worry about water freezing in Arizona. But Arizona is very dry so we filled five gallon buckets of water and left them throughout Cactus Point. Once everything was packed up…
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Sierra Vista Part 2
Since my last post, we have spent a lot of time and energy on getting settled into our new house. We got the keys on Tuesday, April 15. We met Frankie at our new place (Cactus Point). He had got Karla a bottle of wine and got me a 4 pack of hazy IPA. Also,…
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SV Spring 2025
It is hard to believe we have been in Sierra Vista for over four weeks. It has gone really fast. We have had a lot of fun getting to know Sierra Vista and the area. One of the first things we did, was to continue our house search. If I did not mention it before,…
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Phoenix to SV
On Sunday, March 16, we packed up and closed up our rental in Phoenix. We headed south and stopped at SanTan Brewing in Chandler. They have a nice brewery and restaurant in the historic downtown area. We enjoyed a delicious brunch and I had a 5 oz. sample of the Orange Alien and a 5…
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Phoenix 2025 – Part 2
Mike and Mary came and visited for a few days. Our first night we went to Tesota for delicious dinner and drinks. Our second day with Mike and Mary we went to the Fry Bread House for lunch. The fry bread tacos were very big and messy and we had to use forks to eat…
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Phoenix 2025 – Part 1

Here is the first of two long posts about all the things we did and places we visited while in Phoenix. Our first day in Phoenix, I had the day off work so we explored the neighborhood. We had a great brunch at the Toasted Owl and checked out the Changing Hands Bookstore and Stinkweed…
