Day 3, morning.

I'm delinquent in my crew introductions. From the pix you've already figured out I'm sure, that Trish is the shapely female that fills the position of navigator/copilot - and main squeeze of pilot/engineer. Ranger (PR manager/security chief) is that red miniature poodle in the pix, affectionately know as Furball - and main squeeze of navigator/copilot.

2010 is the first model year for the EDGE and many smart buyers avoid buying vehicles in the first model year. Obviously that description does not include us. Overall it's a great rig, state of the art in super light weight compact trailers with full electrical/plumbing amenities. It weighs in about 500 pounds less than anything comparable. But - and I realize there's always a but cuz no vehicle is perfect - there are several design flaws and weaknesses, things that looked good on the drawing board but didn't get adequate field testing. We've already rebuilt, upgraded, replaced or enhanced most of the stuff we didn't like and it's a fairly long list.

The next rebuild item is the latch that holds the door open. Due to the location of the awning support, the door can't be opened so it's flat against the side of the trailer, which is the ideal. Instead, the latch holds the door open at a 35 degree angle to the exterior sidewall, and thus is subject to being buffeted by wind, any wind. Long story short, the buffeting is causing the latch screws to pull loose from the door. Gotta anchor the darn thing by drilling right through the door and attaching a metal backing plate to the inside of the door with bolts and locknuts. That will be a challenge given the limited tools we have along. But I'm gonna 'git r done.'

"Half Broke Horses" by Jeanette Walls is my current read. It's what they call a 'true life novel' about a woman who lived in the NW corner of AZ in the early/mid 1900's. The main character lived near Seligman when they were first paving Route 66. It's a true story and includes pictures of the main characters. It's a good read in itself but more enjoyable since we just traveled through the subject territory. Add it to your reading list if you have an interest in southwest US history.

Day 2, morning. Trip mile 211.

Brrrrrrrrr. At 5 AM it was 42 degrees at out Fort Tuthill campground. We were exhausted last night, hit the sack about 7:30, hence the early wake up. The campground has lots of pine trees,is next door to the fairgrounds, used to be a large national guard training center estalished in 1929.

Drove thru Seligman and Williams, both steeped in Route 66 lore, pix of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe, vintage gas pumps, 50s cars and so on. Was tempted to stop at the famous Roadkill Cafe in Seligman but didn't.

Last night's entree was to be spaghetti, a frozen leftover, turned out to be pumpkin, gave some to Ranger, tossed the rest, had sauteed shrimp instead. We were too tired to build a campfire - and that's pretty darn tired. I prefer to cook over the campfire and will do so tonight, chicken breasts.

Slept well our first night on our rebuilt bed. Original mattress was too hard so added 3" memory foam pad - great but too high, ceiling head banger, stepladder required for entry/exit. So, sold original mattress and got 2 pieces of top quality 1/2" carpet pad to put under the memory foam, works great, toss the stepladder.

Wifi really slow here so no pix this time.