Travelling with MCS....and two dogs

The trip from Fort Collins, Colorado to Tucson really did go better than we could have hoped for. However, there were a few gliches here and there.

The first day we got to Albuquerque about 1:00 PM. The Bed and Breakfast was really cute and well located for looking around and touristy type things. The only problem was the room. It was basically okay for me odor wise but we couldn't use the very old heater (MCS people can't do gas heaters) and there was a drip in the ceiling in the kitchen. We decided to deal with it but at night when it started raining and wind blowing, things started banging like crazy and the leak got worse. We would never have stayed another night and she didn't charge us for the room after hearing what happened. She did make a yummy breakfast to send us on our way so it wasn't a total loss.

Next we got into Tucson about 4 PM and all we wanted was our room and a bed:) So we go to check in and find that my carefully prepared room (the manager and I had been talking about it for almost two months) had mistakenly been given away because the $%$#^%$$ girl at the desk didn't read the notes that said that the room was closed and for ME!!!!! WE can't just take any old room because if cleaning products so my husband and I were about to blow and I do mean BLOW!!!! So they ended up giving us the bridal suite because it isn't used much, and it wasn't just cleaned with toxic cleaners. So, there we were in the bridal suite with the two dogs. It was hysterical. Then they sent us dessert to compensate for the trouble. Chocolate goes a long way toward making things better for weary travellers.

The Appreciation Night Dinner for my husbands company was fabulous. They had a gambling night and it was decorated just beautifully with amazing food and drinks. Everyone was just as gracious as can be to me and they and the room was perfect for me. I didn't have any trouble there. I almost felt princess like with all the attention I was getting. I know a lot of it is because they think so well of Bob, but I lapped it up and enjoyed meeting a lot of new people and seeing many that I had known when we lived there. Bob got his award, so all in all it was a very good night.

We left the next morning for Sante Fe keeping our fingers crossed that our room would work there. We only had a day to find something since we weren't going back to the first bed and breakfast as planned. One night of leaks and banging is all we could put up with. We arrived in Sante Fe just before dark and the room was doable. Bob was starving so they told us about a really good Chinese restaurant and we enjoyed that immensely.

We left for home the next morning and here we are!!!!!! The dogs travelled just beautifully. We loved looking at the scenery and seeing that we could travel again.

Its harder for us than it should be with finding rooms that do not reek of chemicas, but it can be done and we are already talking about trying other places!!!