Monday and Tuesday in Aztec

The repair shop assures us that the RV will be finished today. However, the owner/expert wants to take it on a long test drive on Wednesday morning. So we will be sleeping in the stationary RV for another night. 

The R&R crew began reinstalling the transmission around 8:30am and have been working underneath the vehicle all day. The job required taking apart sections of the exhaust system to clear a path for removing and reinstalling the transmission. 

We moved out of the RV around 8am and sat in the waiting room. They gave us a loaner pickup so we could see the town. 

Yesterday we visited several places including the Aztec Ruins National Monument and the local history museum.

The Aztec Museum and Pioneer Village has an eclectic mix of local history memorabilia. We enjoyed seeing the David E. Lobato displays as he was the ancestor of Myra, our "local host", and was a prominent historical figure in the town of Aztec.

The shop loaned us a pickup truck to get around town. We drove to a park and walked around for an hour and then shopped for "on sale" items for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. Then we drank some root beer at A&W. After that we met a friend at Wendy's and visited over Frosty swirls.