Farmington Visit

Saturday, December 28th, 2013

Today we got up and decided to head to Farmington, NM. We had received a nice gift from my cousin, and we needed to find a protective case to carry/protect it. We also wanted to look at an Apple Airport (router), to facilitate an in-coach network for our devices. I had a coupon for Staples to get 10% off, and some rewards dollars to use, so that's why we headed to Farmington... They had a Staples, where Durango does not.

About 10:35, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge train comes by, just across the highway from the RV park. It blows its horn very loud, and it really freaks the cats out!

About 11, we headed to a few places nearby, Honeyville and James Ranch, for some local specialties, and then headed to Farmington after lunch. We stopped at Best Buy as well, as we had seen some cases online there we might like. We ended up getting the case and router at Staples. We then headed over to an RV dealer, to look at their parts department. I found a replacement plastic strap for the one that broke on our sliding bathroom door this trip, and we found a quick-connect blow-out connector that will facilitate the winterizing process when we use the air compressor to blow out the lines.

Farmington is a busy town of about 45,000! They had a Mall, and an airport, and many other large-town amenities. We ended up driving through Farmington from one side to the other, including through their downtown. It reminded us of Roswell's downtown, with some of the same era buildings.

Here's a neat pic of a closed sign shop and downtown Farmington.

We ended up eating dinner in Farmington at the Golden Corral. They were busy, but we had a good meal. We then headed home and Tony worked on setting up some of the devices on the new internal network., while I worked on the blog.

As usual, we don't always do "exciting" things on our trip. This is more like a typical Saturday at home!