El Paso, TX (12-15-10)

    Well, we left Guadalupe Mountains a couple of days ago and arrived in El Paso and since we've been here, life has been a whirlwind of activity.  We actually had a list of things that needed to get done, so that we could do the most time sensitive things first.  We wanted to order several things online and since we'll only be here for 2 weeks, we had to do that early to make sure we get them in time.  Then of course we had to buy the kids' Christmas gifts so we could get them shipped.  We did that and shipped them yesterday.  My passport expired, so I renewed that today.   There is a lot of paperwork stuff that we have been working on, since we have great (and secure) internet.  Plus, Paul has started on the list of projects that his mother had ready for him.  He's working through the list at a pretty good clip.
   The day we got here was the most stressful. Although we got here early in the day, we are storing the Everest, so we had to empty the refrigerator, and take everything with us that we'll need for the next 2 weeks.  The trailer is having an issue, which is what stressed Paul the most.  In August, Keystone, the trailer manufacturer added some struts to one side of the trailer  because the floor was sagging, and we began to notice the same thing happening to the other side now- and its near the refrigerator, so that is sagging, as well as our main slide.  Hopefully it's a reasonably easy fix, and Keystone has said that they will work with us on it.
   We'll be here for Christmas and will head for Arizona a few days afterwards.