Hi.
I hope you had a good time with Elliot at the party! I keep thinking of him riding a pony for the first time and wish I could have seen it. I hope it was a lot of fun for both of you. Thank you for going to those “Jewish” things with him.
My cell phone battery died during the drive, and it does not charge. It is broken. So, I have no phone and no camera for the entire weekend. I am sorry. Fortunately, I wrote down directions on paper before the battery died, so we made it to the hotel, but I will need to buy a map tomorrow… like old days.

We arrived at 10:30 PM your time (it is 11:30 here — it is Central Time zone) and since we left at 9:00 AM (after getting gas, sunglasses, and putting air in the ties), it was a 13 1/2 hour trip including breaks/stops, the 45 minute cool-down of the car, and getting a rental car in Amarillo. Yes, I took your suggestion. We got a rental car in Amarillo and I left my car there to pick up on Monday morning. We won’t return until Monday very late at night, I think.
We did visit the Cadillac Ranch and I took photos before my phone died. But all in all, a crazy start so far: car and phone trouble. Hopefully that’s the extent of it and nothing else.
We will try to call from a pay phone (!!!) tomorrow — if I can find one. There is a phone here, but I don’t know how to use it yet. WE are exhausted and going to sleep.
OH! Max lost a tooth on the drive while eating. I saved it.
love,
aki + max
p.s. we forgot pajamas and toothpaste  🙂