U-Joint

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So last night Ouest had a nightmare and couldn’t sleep for hours. In the morning she explained that it had been about the scary-lady-on-the-picture-by-the-bathroom. When we went in to the hotel (we stayed at the rv park/casino hotel) to use the pool again this morning I took the kids to … Read More

Nevada Northern Railway

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Lowe likes his trains, so when we heard about the steam train in Ely we figured it would be fun. And it was. The engine and the cars were all about a hundred years old, as were all of the men working the train. Everything about the place felt authentic—from … Read More

Ely. Ee-lee.

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A couple miles out of Delta, Utah, we passed this shoe tree. Ouest thought it was pretty cool, and gathered up any shoes she could find on the ground with laces on them. It became my duty to hang all of them back up again. More mountains, more overheating. It … Read More

Utah

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So first thing in the morning I crawled back under the bus and put in the new starter. Had it down to a twenty minute switch now. I eagerly crawled into the driver’s seat and turned the key. Holy crap, I thought we were going to launch into outer space. … Read More

Arches

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We all loaded up into a rented truck and went looking for some scenery yesterday. We started out in Arches National Park, and then did a big loop drive up through the La Sal Mountains. We found lots of pretty things to take pictures of, but didn’t. For some reason … Read More

ON SALE

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Big sale going on at Amazon for Kindle right now. If you haven’t read Live on the Margin yet… Why? You might just be new here and not know about what a great book it is (according to reviews, not just me). Anyway, this is your chance to pick up … Read More

Moab

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We woke up in Windwhistle today, a BLM campground on the way to Moab. On our way out of Blanding yesterday we stopped off at the gas station/A&W/bowling alley to let the kids bowl a few frames. Lowe threw three balls before becoming bored with it. “Me done.” We have … Read More

Natural Bridges National Monument

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From Canyon De Chelley we drove north and eventually through what has to be one of the most poorly named towns in all of America—Mexican Water. There isn’t an American anywhere who hasn’t been warned about drinking Mexican water, and here is this town who has to share the name. … Read More

Canyon De Chelley

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We spent another day or two in town, taking advantage of the use of a car to zip from one place to spend money to another (another reason I don’t want a tow vehicle), and then went about figuring out where to go. There are only a couple of routes … Read More

Sandia Peak

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This morning our friends took us all up the Sandia Peak Tram for a beautiful view of Albuquerque and beyond. Pizza and beers followed that up. The pizza place gave the kids balls of dough to play with, and we didn’t hear a word from Ouest for the next two hours. … Read More

We Were All Wrong

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I took the bus to a shop today with the new master cylinder in hand. Bum friends have lent us a car for our stay in town, so Ali and the kids got to do some running around while I did that, which was certainly a welcome change from our … Read More

Albuquerque

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We left the State Park and drove to the next town down the road, Las Vegas. New Mexico, not the big Las Vegas. It was Friday evening and we found a brake place just about to close up. They said they’d take a look but we’d have to be there … Read More