April 18, 2014.  Mechanical emergency!  Last night as I was working on the blog, the new wifi machine completely died.  Without wifi we would have no access to the internet or email for the rest of the trip (except though my iPad which guzzles data like a teenager on spring break).  We may as well ditch the Airstream and fly home.  After a very helpful call  with Verizon, we were given the number of a Verizon dealer in a small town 50 miles from here and hope to get a replacement gizmo today.  In the meantime, I bought six million gallons of data for my iPad and we are surviving on that.  Keep your fingers crossed.

Smart us!  We built in an extra day in case of unexpected delays.  We will stay here for one more night, meaning that we will need to go 400 miles tomorrow for the next stop (Santa Rosa, New Mexico).  Brad says he loves driving and towing, so that is not a problem.  Our goal is to reach Durango, Colorado on Monday to spend three days with our great friends Jack and Barbara, who used to be our neighbors at the farm.

We’re going to repel down a couple of 80-foot canyons, then have breakfast and head into town.

Brad, Keno champion