Crossed the Continental Divide

Ashley is going inside Walmart or Wendy's to use the bathroom and get some more hot water for tea. We just got done having a couple of cups of tea and some bananas and granola for breakfast. We drank and ate and chatted in the boat while it is cold and dreary outside. We are in the parking lot of Walmart in Alamosa, Colorado. Our morning time this morning was great. (Way better than yesterday's crappy experience... Ask me about that later... Heck it was better than most). We chatted about our normal stuff, but it was energized with the fact that with each mile we get closer to getting started on this next adventure! And man are we excited!! Oh goodness just typing it gets me pumped. I can't hardly wait to start a business with my wife and work on projects with and share life again with my brother Jordan and my niece.

We had a really long and rather tough day yesterday. You could say it was pretty crappy... Some even got a little pissed.It started out with me having explosive diarrhea first thing in the morning and not having the port o potty on board... It was down the ladder and I just couldn't get there in time... So I had to wake Ashley up... She was amazing and saw me quivering holding my crotch and my butt cheeks clenched trying to prevent release. She jumped into action and went to go get the port o potty, which she had rinsed out the night prior (because it had fell over and leaked out). So it was wet on the outside, and when she was lifting it up above her head to climb the ladder with it, she said the liquid went on her face, and clothes. Yuck. She then yelled for me to help her and get the port o potty from the cockpit area. I yell in a quivering voice, "I can't move, please hurry. Oh god, oh god." We were fortunate in that she was able to hand me the portable toilet before there was a big nasty mess. Oh lord it was really not a great way to start a day. But it was certainly a bonding experience. After we got it all figured out, we showered and cleaned up and drove up to Durango, and pulled into Walmart parking lot... And Ashley pulled right next to the trailer and when we went to leave I didn't see her car.... And I hit it. Darn near ripped her bumper off. Luckily the only real damage was to a trailer tire and dust seal. Fortunately we were in walmarts parking lot, so we could go get another tire. However they were sold out. Luckily tractor supply company was next door. However they didn't have the size we needed. Oh goodness we were thinking we might be stuck for a day or so... And the bad thing was that Walmart parking lot did not allow overnight RV's. Oh man.