ON THE ROAD AGAIN!

 We left Arizona yesterday.  It was HOT....103 degrees!  And just to say it, it's stressful enough to get this big rig packed for 5 months and get the house closed down...but to do it while sweating like a dog....can you say "tempers flared"!  Even poor Sam was having a tough day.

First Stopover: Gallup, NM

Not particularly a vacation destination spot, but it was about as far as we could travel on our first day.  Thanks to a recommended tip from Paul, we visited El Rancho Hotel and Motel in Gallup.  It opened in 1937 and was the "Home of the Movie Stars" filming in the area.  Ronnie Reagan, Spencer Tracy, Jane Wyman, Katherine Hepburn, Kirk Douglas and tons of others.  I don't think it's been updated much since then....but fun! 

Day 2:  The trip to Durango

 

  • FIRST, to ACE Truck Parts Store.  We had a rear light bulb out (of course we check at the start of every trip).  This was our cheapest RV repair yet!!  $1 .97 for the bulb, free labor from  the ole master mechanic Bob.
  • NEXT, travel through northwest rural New Mexico.  Those huge rock formations that spring up from the ground.....fractured volcanic breccia and black dikes of igenous rock called minette  or lamprophyre - WHAT???  Old volcanic rock from 27 million years ago!
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CHICAGO Here we come!