Thursday, August 25th, 2022: Rental car, Clean frig, Ready to go, New Mexico speed limits, Billy the Kid, Smokey the Bear, Quality Inn in Sweetwater, Whataburger, Walk and purple toes

 

Guatemala City, Guatemala

32nd operating temple

Dedicated: 14-16 Dec 1984

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

Jesus Christ, Seed of

Romans 8:14

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Book of Mormon

Alma 56:18-40

19And thus were we favored of the Lord; for had they come upon us in this our weakness they might have perhaps destroyed our little army; but thus were we preserved.

"Come Follow Me"

Psalms 119 God's word will keep me on His path. Psalms 127-128; 135-136

AprGenCon

"The Covenant Path:The Way To Eternal Life"

Elder Adeyinka A. Ojediran

Of the Seventy

"God will not abandon His relationship with, or withhold His promised blessings of eternal life from, any faithful covenant keeper. And as we honor sacred covenants, we are drawn closer to the Savior. Elder David A. Bednar taught us yesterday that gospel covenants and ordinances operate in our lives like a compass to give us cardinal direction to come unto Christ and become more like Him.

I cleaned out the refrigerator this morning in preparation for Kim and Brian being here while we are gone. It was quite a chore but looked so nice when I was finished. I also emptied the garbage and then went in to pack and get ready for our trip to Texas. Earlier I went to take James into town to get a rental car at Hatch Toyota. He came back with a 2021 Toyota Corolla, white, hatchback. It gets 42 miles to the gallon out on the road. 

I packed and took a shower and we were ready to go a little after 11. We stopped at the post office on the way out of town. Somewhere between Magdalena and Quemado, New Mexico James got stopped by an officer of the law. He was going 15 miles over the speed limit and was driving too close to the center line. The officer said the charge was $157.00 but he could reduce it to $82.00. With that he went back to his car. When he came back he told James to go ahead and consider this a warning. What a relief!

We listened to "Hearts at Briarwell" as we were traveling. We stopped in Soccoro for gas which was $3.69 a gallon. We stopped at Arby's for lunch. I got a cheesesteak sandwich which was quite good. 

We drove through the badlands of New Mexico, home to Billy the Kid and Smokey the Bear. At one point there was a deer in the road and it took him awhile to move out of the way. I like looking at signs when I travel and I saw a sign that said, Lone Tree Bible Ranch. In this part of New Mexico there are cute little farms with lots of grass, flowers, trees, and mountains in the background. 

We drove through Roswell where we have stayed before and passed Snyder, Texas where we have also stayed. We ended up staying at a Quality Inn in Sweetwater. 

Our car is on the far side.

The Budget Inn was cheaper and creepier.

After carrying in our luggage, etc. James went to get us a Whataburger. I began walking across the room in order to get my steps. James came back and went to bed while I stayed up to walk. I jammed my already injured toes into the desk chair and boy did that hurt. It took all of my willpower to not scream. I did get my steps so it's okay that I sacrificed a couple of toes in the process.

I went to bed around 1:30 Texas time. Pacer gave me about 5,000 extra steps so I stayed up late trying to make up for them because I was sure they would realize the error and subtract them. They didn't.