It's never good when you hear, "Ka-chugga....{heart beat  heart beat}  ...bang," as you're driving down the road.... not like a minor explosion, more like someone swinging a baseball bat into the undercarriage of the RV.   We pulled into the...

I've never been so excited.... so giddy... to hang out at a truck stop.  To the uninitiated (read: me), I thought they were "gross".  No more thought beyond "gross", just "gross".  All that nonsense stops today.  These places are fascinating....

Heading south (for the sun) and west (to California) we've been seeing some eclectic parts of New Mexico.  There's some really out-there stuff in this State.  Prove it?  A town name Truth or Consequences.  Why would a town hold a...