Runnin home...well, limping home

Road Day #2, punctuated by Dapple the Brave's.....uh, issues.  M could not get the spark plugs out as they has been tightened beyond beyond, so we spent the morning getting a shop to do it.  Sailed out of Tucumcari with optimism, but it was short-lived.  Dapple began to hack and sputter shortly into the trip, and it became a matter of figuring out how we might choose to get home from the next major town.  We were getting up each slight grade at way below highway speeds, with a whole lot of psychic pushing.

Just prior to Albuquerque, the weather suddenly went rainy and cooler, and she straightened right out and ran like a Swiss watch. SHE DOESN'T LIKE HEAT.  Ran all right all the way to Holbrook, where we have settled into a KOA in very pleasant temperatures.

So...we are good for now, but it's gonna be touch and go for the next two days getting home.  Temps are very high in areas like Barstow, and there's no way out of crossing the desert.

We might be illustrating the old saw:  Did very well on our vacation, left in a $300 camper and came back in a $75,000 bus...

In the meantime, the Arizona skies were simply spectacular on the way. Also, I rescued a toad from the swimming pool at the KOA.  So all is not lost.