I kid you not. We are en route to El Paso, half way there which currently is about 250 miles away. Lose service every few minutes, nothing to look at but mesa and scrub. Fierce wind. Unlovely land.
What was lovely was our visit in San Antonio with Aaron's family. They all doted on Olivia and Sadie and were gracious hosts to us all. The Lees have two dogs of their own that Sadie befriended. Sadie is becoming sausage-shaped after snarfling down a couple of bowls of the other dog’s food; she really is shameless.
Olivia spent yesterday with the family while Aaron and I went to get the windshield replaced and then visited the Alamo and the downtown Riverwalk. I was especially gratified to visit the Alamo. It wasn’t what I expected at all; I didn’t expect it to be in a crowded downtown area, but it was still really interesting. Olivia wore herself out entertaining the troops and playing with the dogs. By the time we got back to the house she was in a no-nap meltdown.
Aaron lost his Blackberry on Friday and his cellphone had died before the trip, so we are going to have to make a pit stop at Verizon when we get to El Paso.
BBQ update: we had lunch today in Junction (after passing through the towns of Welfare and Comfort.) It was good, however the sauce was weird: runny and tomato-y and the ribs were underdone to my liking. The baked beans were really good though, not sweet at all. I think after today we switch to Mexican food. Bodacious BBQ was the winner in our tasting contest.
We need to make good time after this if we are to be in SF by Thursday. We just learned that Flagstaff had a big dump of snow so we are going to have to look again at our route tonight beyond El Paso.
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