Albuquerque

We made it to Albuquerque in good time and wanted to get our errands done quickly so we could go catch up with our Friends. As most of you know our computer took a dive in January while we were Arkansas and no one could figure out why. So we decided to bring it into Best Buy since we had only bought it five months prior.  The guy at customer service was very friendly, ran a couple of tests, and told us that our hard drive had completely crashed. Fortunately for us it was still under the warranty with Dell and they were going to replace it for FREE!!! We were so relieved. They took the computer there and were going to fix it and have it shipped to California for us so we could just pick it up on our way home. It was awesome.  We finished up our quick little errands and found a nice Wal Mart to stay at so we could get up early and go see Danny in Rio Rancho.

We had a great morning in the Walmart parking lot. I made eggs for us and we sat on the curb outside in the sunshine! It was the first time we had felt the warm sun in months. People stared at us, gave us odd looks, it's not everyday you see people eating breakfast while sitting on a curb in their pajamas. But hey we were "those people" for the day and it never felt so good. Danny was working that day with his landscaping business but he found a little time to take a break and surprise us! We heard a pounding on the door and were so confused, I'm pretty sure he yelled something like "this is the police open up!" After freaking out for a second we realized it was him and welcomed him into our humble abode. He has to duck while inside because Destiny only has a 6 foot ceiling, not a problem for us vertically challenged people! We hung out for a little while then Danny had to get back to work. We took our time getting ready and went to the grocery store before heading over to the house that he shares with his parents. It is an awesome house at the end of the street with a giant back yard. It was full of love, acceptance and so many wonderful people. His parents are incredible and let us pull the RV into the back yard and gave us an extension cord so we could have power. And on top of that they opened up their entire house to us, kitchen and SHOWERS included. We got to meet Abby's mom and visit with the kids. His son Emryk (sorry if I butchered the spelling) was only 1 or 2 when we met him in Kauai the first time and Sophie was just born on our second trip out to Kauai, now they are 4 and 2! They are amazing kids and  we had so much fun playing with them. 

We spent much of our time together just discussing life and our views on the world as it is these days. Danny has very similar views- life of minimalism, love, and happiness. He also shared his passion of eating whole, raw foods and using nature to take care of our bodies. He has been studying this kind of thing for over five years, so we soaked in all of the knowledge we could get. It made us happy knowing that his kids will not be eating poison and will thrive naturally. We also got a sneak peak of his handmade aquaponic system that he is working on. It was seriously awesome and we can't wait to see it when it's finished. We are so incredibly grateful for Danny and his family's generosity while we were there. We feel completely blessed and we can't wait to get back there to visit with them! Hopefully it will be before the kids are in middle school. 

It was only right that before we left we completed the hippy commune that we had turned his parents house into. So we called up our best buddy Tim (who we met in Arizona and then brought to Hawaii with us.) and asked if it would be a possibility for him to come down.

So good to see our friend Danny and his amazing family. Abby was at work but it was good seeing her too!

Tim and his wonderful girlfriend Taylor came down from Durango, CO and spent the night on our little couch in the backyard. It had been a year since we were united and we had the best night in the world. This picture is of 3 friends that got to hang out in Kauai and then in New Mexico too.

Morning of Champions!

Some incredible people right here!

74,524 miles! Our baby is growing up