Welcome to Tucumcari, New Mexico!

Tucumcari Mountain, New Mexico. The Legend: Wautonomah, Chief Apache, knew that he would soon die and was troubled over the matter of who his successor would be. His two finest braves were Tonopah and Tocom, enemies and deadly rivasl for the hand of Kari, the daughter of Wautonomah. But Kari loved Tocom and hated Tonopah.
So, Wautonomah called Tonopah and Tocom to his side and said: "Soon I must die and one of you must succeed me as Chief. Tonight you must take your long knives and meet in combat to settle the matter between you and he who survives shall be Chief and have for his squaw, Kari, my daughter"
So the two rivals met and hurled themselves upon one another in deadly combat, but unknwon to either, Kari had concealed herself nearby and as the knife of Tonopah found the heart of Tocom, she rushed from her hiding place and plunged her knife into the heart of Tonopah. Then, taking Tocom's knife, she stabbed herself in grief. When Wautonomah was led to the scene, he was heartbroken and seizing Kari's knife, he plunged it into his heart, crying in agony. "Tocom-Kari". The old Chief's dying utterance lives on today with a slight change to Tucumcari and the scene of the tragedy is now famous legendary Tucumcari Mountain.

Satin Bow loves the Christmas tree.

Whew! It has been quite a couple of days trying to outrun the blizzard that is headed for the Rockies and central plains states. Today we crossed three states, Oklahoma, Texas, and into New Mexico as far as Tucumcari where it is 51 as I post this. Was 71 yesterday in Boise, Oklahoma. So nice that we left our screen door open yesterday afternoon. Blizzard is supposed to start up tonight and go through Christmas Eve. Anyway we hope to be as cozy as possible here in Tucumcari. Who knows. It got cold during that last cold snap with highs only ten and it's supposed to snow tomorrow. But it can't be any worse than the 20 below temperatures in Cheyenne, last week. Anyway I have already received my Christmas presents this year. My dream of fulltiming in my RV has come true thanks to Lord Jesus. We are having a great time in Tucumcari tonight decorating while listening to Christmas Music and Carols on the terrific local Christian station.

Thanks Mom and Dad for sharing your dreams and excitement for all of life with me. This is for you. May Jesus always be glorified by the faithful lives you lived and mine, too.