We didn't have far to go today, so we slept in a little. When we did get up we took it easy and didn't start to hook up until 10. The morning started out great with a call from the credit card company to tell me my card had been stolen.
The trip south from Moab sucked as usual. Up and down again and again for 60 miles. Eventually you end up climbing 2800 feet. The next 60 miles are up and down, too. At least the hills are only a couple of hundred feet rather than 500. I was pretty happy with the mileage, 9.7.
The suck started when we got to Cortez. A thunderstorm hit just as we parked the trailer. I couldn't get to my raincoat in the closet, so I had to put on my sweatshirt. It was raining hard. The space is short, so I had to unhook immediately instead of waiting the storm out. Of course the goddamn hitch picked this time to not want to release. To make it worse the handle broke when I used the hammer to open it. Then it started to hail.
I finally got the handle back on, but I just couldn't get the hitch to release. I finally managed to carefully hammer it loose just as the rain ended. The whole fiasco took about an hour.
I finished setting up and then went inside and changed out of all of my wet clothes. Then we went into town to get some bananas and lunch.
After lunch we drove around the town. We stopped at Wally World for a water filter. We also got an Eiffel Tower puzzle that is currently driving Ellen nuts. We found a gun store and had a fun time talking with them. I got a chance to see the nieces' Christmas present. The last stop was a Navaho indian souvenier shop. We found the perfect present for Patty, a Navaho rabbit pictograph.
When we got home we too Lucy to the park across the street so she coulw do some retrieves.
The evening was surfing, puzzle, and two more thunderstorms.
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