Papa Harold is Trippin'...Careful, Watch Your Step!

Message Written by Sonja:

We left home on Friday, January 16 and drove to Albuquerque, New Mexico the first day. We spent the night at a Ramada Inn. We always pack a small bag if we are travelling for several days with a couple of changes of clothes so we don’t have to take in all the big bags. We had packed to be gone for four weeks with clothes, all of Harold’s supplements, an ice chest with food and dishes, an electric skillet, crock pot and Panini maker.

We parked about 100 feet from the office under a light. When we got ready to leave on Saturday we found that someone had broken out the back glass of the SUV and stolen EVERYTHING we had taken with us. I had taken the computer in with us, so we had it and our toiletries and a change of clothes and they got everything else.

I was pretty devastated and had a meltdown, but got over it. The officer that investigated told that anywhere in New Mexico they will break out a window for a candy bar laying on the seat. Would have been nice to know that ahead of time. It was a lesson hard learned.

We had to complete the next two days of the trip with a plastic dripcloth duct taped to over the back window. We had no security at all - imagine how safe you feel leaving your car wide open for another night at a hotel outside of Las Vegas - God was watching over us though as we went without incident on night 2.

We made arrangements to get the glass replaced at the dealer in Reno. Unfortunately, the glass is special order so we had to wait for three days for the insurance adjuster to go to the dealer and write up the estimate. I finally got a call last night that he had been there yesterday and the car should be fixed no later than Tuesday of next week. We have had a rental car for several days waiting; needless to say, it was an interesting start to an already emotional journey.