Denver and Dick " Surprise Train Ride"

 Denver, our neighbor, Surprises Dick with a Train ride.

The ride will be from the Main Yard in Belen, NM to

Mountainaire NM. Trip will be appoximately 4-5 hours.

The train will be the BNSF Geometry Train.

This train takes track measurements to make sure there are no

derails, Safety is a priority on the BNSF.

Denver shows Dick the Safety gear that Dick needs to wear.

Denver & Dick

Our motive power for the trip.

Locos sitting on the siding await a call.

Dick, Denver and Greg as our trip starts.

Our train as it leaves Mountainair, Head end power and Steam Generator Car.

The whole train, Last car is the Rio Grande Geometry Car.

 Dick in his Safety Gear.

Love the hard hat with the roadrunner.

What a Fantastic Day

                                                                               

Santa Fe, Green Chile Lunch and Trains

 Afternoon get away!

Where else but Santa Fe and Trains.

Meeting Hank, Karen and Phyllis.

Off to lunch at Tomasito's

Site seeing.

Richards visit to the Doctor.

On Friday the 8th of January we went to the NMCC for our first visit to the doctor.

The clinic is really very nice and the personel were friendly and very helpful. We met with Dr. Guidice and were very favorably impressed, we spent close to an hour and a half with him. We were also impressed that all of the records we had taken to them on the previous Monday had been entered in their computer system. He told us that Dick was doing very well and that he was going to continue with the current treatments as they seemed to be keeping him stable and why change something that works. He also told us that there are several other treatments avalilable including a brand new one, that has just been released, whose name he couldn't remember. We really like him and he did have a sense of humor.