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This morning we rose early for dear Donna to drive us in and get our new rental. It was raining and sleeting on the way in but after we picked up our rental it started snowing.Snow is magical and soft and drifting if you don’t have to cram your suddenly- excess luggage into the carContinueContinue reading “In which the Taylors encounter snow and wanted it to stop”

( photo of the 7 yr old and his friend Isaiah standing on the church pew as wise men every time wise men were mentioned in the Christmas story. All the kids came dressed as nativity characters and took part. A great idea!!)24thSo nice to sleep in as long as we wanted this morning! NothingContinueContinue reading “Christmas Eve and Christmas”

In this AirBNB home we are staying at, our host is just amazing.We noticed this evening that she has been laundering our towels every day, and also making the beds up better than we did initially.She has dropped us into the metro and picked us up. And we also noticed that she is continuing toContinueContinue reading “International Spy Museum in record speed”

( Today’s pic is the 7 yr old playing with some astronauts at the Museum of American History during a rest.)Today we caught our first train into DC. It is going to be simple getting around. Our wonderful host Donna had dropped us to the closest metro station. We were Smithsonian-bound!There was a brisk windContinueContinue reading “Smithsonian and a visit with the Royal family”

Overnight at our super 8 motel, the 7 yr old, who has a high pain threshold, woke up with a 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. TheContinueContinue reading “My Jennifer, a fatboy and we hit DC!”

(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 andContinueContinue reading “Meeting friends!”

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 KOAContinueContinue reading “Twinkie hunting and tumbleweed!”

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 wasContinueContinue reading “No smirky at Albuquerque”

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 aContinueContinue reading “Gallup and beyond!”

This morning we woke up to a much higher altitude I think.I went out for my morning run at my normal pace and nearly imploded my lungs. I thoughts my eardrums were going to burst after I was done.Then I couldn’t stop coughing with tight lungs and realized it was asthma!The younger two boys hadContinueContinue reading “Bearizona and a real Mexican food experience”