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Sorry, no pictures of Santa Fe. We've been there so many times—twice this year—we had no impetus to take photos.
Home at last! On the way back, we stopped at the Blue Mesa dam to change drivers, open the fresh water tank valve to make sure it drained by the time we got home, and use the pit toilet. What a drag, not being able to use the Safari bathroom. We flushed and flushed too many times getting it ready for winter while still in Santa Fe.
Just as we were about to leave, a guy pulls up and comes over to ask us about Airstreams. We were trying to get home before dark, pretty much hopeless by that time, but we had one last chance on the road to talk about Airstreams. I took the chance to tell him about the Airforum and warned him about the addictive quality of it. He'd obviously been doing his homework and was trying to get as much info as possible.
Got home after dark, emptied the fridge and some of the 40 tons of stuff in the trailer and truck. We somehow managed to stay awake to watch all of SNL and then to bed in our giant house where we can get lost, have to walk a mile to the bathroom and otherwise feel like we have been set loose in a mansion after a month in a tincan.
Today after blissfully sleeping late, we unloaded tons more stuff and winterized. Last winter I forgot to blow out the kitchen sprayer and toilet line with expected results. This year, remembered. Antifreeze now fills traps, some in tanks and toilet to keep seals from drying out and filling the lines. We got everything out of the trailer that can possibly freeze and the Safari is about ready to hibernate. Still some stuff to take out tomorrow. Then change the oil and filter in the Tundra, grease it, check it over and the trip is over.
Already have been thinking about other trips—Alaska next spring, other trip ideas generating—Border trip from Cal. to Texas, Route 66 trip, NY-NE trip, Newfoundland. We ask ourselves how we keep going to Santa Fe—maybe we should move to the area? We can live anywhere, but should stay fairly near Barb's parents. There's an oversupply of houses in Santa Fe, so prices are manageable outside the city. I guess we could fit that in too. Maybe 2010 will have 2,000 days so we can do everything we want to. First, more improvements to the trailer. I'd love to replace the dinette table with a hardwood one. They had some hickory ones for sale cheap at JC, but they were scratched and would be difficult to restore. And there's always more things to personalize the trailer and more things to fix. And more remodeling on the house—for our pleasure or to sell. Maybe a 4,000 day 2010 is necessary. Now to take a shower in our giant shower—maybe I'll put a box in it to simulate a wheelwell just so I feel at home.
Gene
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