Day 61 Gallup to Santa Rosa, New Mexico 18 Oct
I can’t believe it. I have actually caught up in posting travels on my blog. I apologise for the hit-and-miss method of keeping you informed. I know on my next trip I will try and have better access to the internet!
So, what did we do today? After the frost melted from the car we left USA RV Park. Boy, you should see all the Indian shops in Gallup. It’s hard to know what is legit and what isn’t. In any case, all we got was gas.
Because Route 66 in New Mexico has been maintained so well, we stayed on it most of the day.
We stopped in Grants, New Mexico to see a mine exhibit under the Chamber of Commerce building. What a cool self-tour! There was an upstairs exhibit that gave a lot of information about mining in New Mexico, especially Uranium mining. That exhibit led to an elevator that looked like one miners might take within a mine. We descended one floor to an underground mock-up of what a real mine would look like. What was really cool was there were several different areas and at each area the voice of a real miner spoke about his job in that area. Altogether there must have been 10 or so different areas. They actually built the “mine” first then built the Chamber of Commerce building on top of it. In the meantime, another issue had been developing over several days.
Since Needles, Tom’s steps to his trailer have been possessed. They should open and close automatically whenever the door to the back of the motorhome is opened. Or, Tom can rig it so it stays open when he is camping. The steps began to behave oddly just before we got to Needles (remember the wheel bearing episode?) by not closing immediately when the door was shut or the motorhome engine was started. It usually did close, but sometimes after opening and closing a few times. Tom had the same people who fixed my wheel bearing to fix the steps and we thought they were ok. And, for the most part, they were. Until 2 days ago or so. Today they went berserk. Fortunately, we saw an advertisement for Camping World near Albuquerque. By this time the steps weren’t closing at all and Tom had to pay close attention to whatever was on the passenger roadside. When we took the exit for Camping World, the dam_ steps began to move open and closed over and over again. By this time, Tom was fully exasperated. And, Camping World service people couldn’t schedule him until Monday. So, what to do. Tom disconnected the electrical stuff to/from the steps and tied them closed. There! He bought a portable step to use getting in and out. And hopes to have the steps fixed right when he gets home!
I think to take the edge off everything and because it was beginning to get late in the day, we took I40 as far as Santa Rosa and parked again in a nice RV park. I’m going to use my heater tonight! The weather channel has been talking about bad weather in Chicago/Southern Michigan/Indiana/Ohio Valley etc etc. Hope all are well at home. While watching the weather channel in the RV restaurant we saw a “blip” on the Petrified Forest including the ranger I had talked with yesterday. What a small world.
So, what did we do today? After the frost melted from the car we left USA RV Park. Boy, you should see all the Indian shops in Gallup. It’s hard to know what is legit and what isn’t. In any case, all we got was gas.
Because Route 66 in New Mexico has been maintained so well, we stayed on it most of the day.
We stopped in Grants, New Mexico to see a mine exhibit under the Chamber of Commerce building. What a cool self-tour! There was an upstairs exhibit that gave a lot of information about mining in New Mexico, especially Uranium mining. That exhibit led to an elevator that looked like one miners might take within a mine. We descended one floor to an underground mock-up of what a real mine would look like. What was really cool was there were several different areas and at each area the voice of a real miner spoke about his job in that area. Altogether there must have been 10 or so different areas. They actually built the “mine” first then built the Chamber of Commerce building on top of it. In the meantime, another issue had been developing over several days.
Since Needles, Tom’s steps to his trailer have been possessed. They should open and close automatically whenever the door to the back of the motorhome is opened. Or, Tom can rig it so it stays open when he is camping. The steps began to behave oddly just before we got to Needles (remember the wheel bearing episode?) by not closing immediately when the door was shut or the motorhome engine was started. It usually did close, but sometimes after opening and closing a few times. Tom had the same people who fixed my wheel bearing to fix the steps and we thought they were ok. And, for the most part, they were. Until 2 days ago or so. Today they went berserk. Fortunately, we saw an advertisement for Camping World near Albuquerque. By this time the steps weren’t closing at all and Tom had to pay close attention to whatever was on the passenger roadside. When we took the exit for Camping World, the dam_ steps began to move open and closed over and over again. By this time, Tom was fully exasperated. And, Camping World service people couldn’t schedule him until Monday. So, what to do. Tom disconnected the electrical stuff to/from the steps and tied them closed. There! He bought a portable step to use getting in and out. And hopes to have the steps fixed right when he gets home!
I think to take the edge off everything and because it was beginning to get late in the day, we took I40 as far as Santa Rosa and parked again in a nice RV park. I’m going to use my heater tonight! The weather channel has been talking about bad weather in Chicago/Southern Michigan/Indiana/Ohio Valley etc etc. Hope all are well at home. While watching the weather channel in the RV restaurant we saw a “blip” on the Petrified Forest including the ranger I had talked with yesterday. What a small world.
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