The first order of business was the leveling of his truck/home away from home (we did offer to let him sleep in the house or in the shed, but he was really looking forward to using his truck camper).
Soon after that, we settled into our usual routine of being retired and it seemed to appeal to Austin. I heard him remark on more than one occasion "it doesn't get any better than this". I tend to agree :)
We DID do a few different activities, the first of which was a road trip to the El Malpais National Monument which is about an hour northeast of Fence Lake. we went to the Ranger Station/Visitor Center, the Sandstone Bluffs overlook,
the Zuni/Acoma trailhead, and of course, Ventana Arch.
In addition to our usual activities of porch sitting and eating, we also shot our longbows and air rifles, played some prairie croquet, and a game Austin introduced called "ladder ball".
Jill was a gracious hostess and made Austin his own fire poker out of barbed wire (since I wouldn't let him touch mine :))
All in all we had a very enjoyable visit, and Austin has promised to return soon. We look forward to seeing him.
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