New Mexico Rocks

 

New Mexico means Rebstocks. It is always such fun to make a stop at the Rebstocks. This stop was no different. We visited and ate until our eyes glazed over, then got up the next morning and did the same. John is retiring next month, and it was my duty to hand out "advice".

Anna had a friend visiting, Oksana, who was born in Belarus. Oksana lives in Santa Fe, so we took her on an RV ride home on Sunday. She came to visit by Railrunner, but the train does not run on Sunday. How strange...

We are now in Questa, 25 miles northwest of Taos at our Habitat Build. So far we've not lifted a finger, but work starts Monday morning at 8:30. Carl has many talents in the handyman category, but we always hire out sheetrock and tape and float because it is such an art. Guess what stage this house is? Tape and float. Oh well....we can't do a worse job than the previous workers on this house. The sheetrock is going to need some serious texture to hide its many faults.

There's just four of us, me, Carl and two single guys with interesting stories. The coordinator Steve is a full time RV'r who lives off his savings and works on Habitat 45 weeks a year. Ray is a retired public service guy who comes every spring to this area to work on Habitat houses.

I was hoping for adobe, but this is a stick frame house, stucco on the outside. Next week we will probably apply the color coat of the stucco. That should be a new experience.