20th Overnight at our super 8 motel, the 7 yr old, who has a high pain threshold, woke upnwithba very sore ear. I was concerned we would need to stumble out into the unknown looking for an emergency room as the motel's wifi was hopeless! Thankfully he fell asleep when the panadol kicked in. The next morning it was clear we were going nowhere without medical treatment. There was the whole medical insurance thing which had the skeptical emergency centre, who ...

(PS-the picture is of the place where we farewelled one set of friends and welcomed another Hi! Me again! We have done a lot in the past couple days, just had no wifi! Let me catch you up. It will definitely be rambly and disjointed....and forgive spelling as I am battling a small device and crazy auto spelling with a mind of its own. 17th Dec Today was my blog friend/first-meet day! There are a handful of girls I have 'known' via blogging in the past and...

Friday the 14th: Tucumcari is the windiest location we have stayed at yet. Not overly cold yet the wind is cold and relentless. After dinner at Del's we went to the local KOA and finally got some wifi! So exciting! I have developed the strange habit of doing a count of the feet hanging from the cubicles in the KoA toilets when I get in one. I like to know how many folk I am sharing the bathroom with! Last night as I did it without thinking upon entering th...

This morning we had a late start. We decided to do the itinerary-planned Old Town walking tour. Old Town in Albuquerque is so pretty for us with the unfamiliar and exotic stucco used in the pueblo buildings. We located a great souvenir shop then found our tour guide. A pretty unforgettable tour..... For one,it was freezing. I had left my gloves back in the RV. The older boys-despite my advice-only had T-shirts and hoodies, and Kara had inappropriate shoes ...

We have been hustling every morning to get through our itinerary since we arrived in the US. But last night, after subtracting Zuni Pueblo from our day's events ( insert sad face, but too rough a road), we stayed up watching Duck Dynasty!!??!!?? i allowed everyone a sleep in and breakfast in front of a half hour cartoons (back within reach of my previously held title of Mother of the Year now) This morning after exiting our RV park- (let me halt my sentence t...