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Skriven 2007-04-09 14:11:54 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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Hi Hap,

-> again.  One of the nicest places we stayed at on our way east was a
-> little off the beaten path motel in NM.

 hn> Boy there are LOTS of little places around too! the old Route 66 goes
 hn> through New Mexico and there are just oodles of little "motor courts"
 hn> along the wayside! We've had a wonderful time...we certainly got our

There sure are!  We took a county road to get east of I-40 after hearing
about an accident closing the eatbound lanes for several hours.  Ended
up not making as good a time as we'd wanted so stayed the night along
the way rather than driving in the dark.  The room had some beautiful
hand made quilts on the beds; I had Steve get some pictures so I can
maybe replicate them.  This was after we'd been turned off I-10 just
west of Deming because of tornadoes west of Las Cruces; we'd planned to
get off a couple miles further up the road but no problem since we knew
the area well enough to get to the road we wanted.

 hn> exercise in ..and the altitude had a big effect on us as well...we
 hn> were told we're getting 30% less oxygen at this altitude than at home!

That'll do you, especially if you're not used to it.

 hn> Tomorrow Anne flies back to
 hn> Tacoma and (probably) I'll head west as well. Was originally planning
 hn> on driving north through Denver, but the weather does NOT look
 hn> propitious in that direction so I'll head west through AZ again...may

No probelm there, AZ has a lot to make cutting thru it worthwhile.  If
you used I-10 (presuming you're beyond that now), I hope you stopped at
Stout's Cider Mill east of Willcox.  Then stop at Texas Canyon (rest
area) about 25 miles west for some great photo ops!


 hn> cut north through Las Vegas or may just continue on to Calif and head

Wave "hi" to Rachel, David and Robert in Vegas. (G)


 hn> north there. Anne has been quite adventurous on dining but she's still
 hn> trying to stay away from any level of heat....I on the other hand have
 hn> been delighting in chile pork stew, chile chicken stew, chorizo eggs,
 hn> and tamales, and more!

Sounds like good eating all around.  I"d like to try making chile verde
but can't until Steve gets over his pig-a-phobia. Went with a group from
church Saturday to Buccaneer's Club, a small seafood place just north of
Brunswick.  The place was small but serving sizes were huge! I took
about 2/3 of my small plate of flounder, scallops and shrimp home.


-> I've got another loaf of bread in the machine, on the bake cycle.  Ever
-> since I started using the yeast specifically made for whole grain, I"ve
-> had nothing but beautiful bread.  This will probably be the last loaf
-> made totally with King Arthur flour; I suspect we'll have to grind some
-> of the wheat we bought for the next one.
 hn> ->
 hn> We have a breadmaker that we've never used (grin) We may do the same
 hn> as you and grind our own wheat to make good whole wheat (and other
 hn> grains) bread on our own.

We got the original bread machine after I found I couldn't knead bread
very well after breaking my wrists.  Wore that out in about 6 years and
replaced it; now this one is showing signs that it'll need replacing in
the not so distant future.  We like home made whole wheat bread better
than (most) store breads so our machine gets used on a regular basis.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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