Heading into New Mexico on I-40 we came upon the little town of Gallup, New Mexico. I noticed in a tour book that there was an exhibit devoted to the Navajo Code Talkers at the Gallup NM Cultural Center. Bill's dad, a radio repairman in the Army during WW II, was accompanied by "Dyken" (sp??), a Navajo Code Talker. Bill's dad could repair the radios but couldn't talk on them Most of the time he didn't even know what island he was on, only that they were occupied by Japanese. There was a very informative 2 hour movie on the code talkers. The Navajo Code was never broken by the Japanese and thus enabled our troops to communicate with each other without exposing troop movement and battle plans.
Next stop - Albuquerque, to visit Bill's cousin, Ben, wife Joan, and Aunt Ernie. The four days we spent there flew by-what fun they are! Ernie, in her early 90's, even fixed spaghetti for us one night! What a sweetheart, ya gotta love her!!
We spent three nights in Amarillo, Texas and were able to visit the American Quarter Horse Museum. It is a beautiful new facility depicting the history and achievements of the Quarter Horse industry. What a versatile animal, race horse (fastest for a quarter mile, hence the name), ranch horse, and pleasure horse. They can do it all.
We witnessed some beautiful sunsets from our RV Park, the Oasis, just west of Amarillo. A few days after we left, some friends were staying there and had 70 mile an hour winds! That's not a fun time in an RV! Glad we were back in Kerrville by then.
We were greeted by this sign at the entrance to our winter "nest". It was good to be back among our many RVing friends and look forward to a fun time this winter!
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