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When they got back to their rooms, Carmen bathed Natalie and Matthew and ran water for Destiny The children were so excited that Caret them to settle down Carmen found a quiet show on television and they watched it until they fell asleep

Carmen shut the television off and crawled into bed beside Alex She snuggled next to hi the warmth of his body He put an arm around her and kissed her She lay in his ar ti the children in the roo the children dressed andbefore they left Car to appreciate Katie's idea of a ain, round as it was to find a hotel

The ht about renting rather than buying a ht a motor home, they would have to build a shelter to protect it fro too, if they wanted to keep bugs and mice out of it That would be true of a travel trailer too, with the exception that they wouldn't have an engine to maintain No more than they would use it, it ht use it more often if they had one

After breakfast, they decided to visit the Route 66that they found on a flyer at the hotel Alex found that interesting, so they spent a few hours there After that, they were on the road again

When they crossed into the panhandle of Texas the country looked little different than western Oklahoe the minute they crossed the line, but the flat land went on endlessly on either side of the interstate Naturally they would have taken advantage of the flattest land to build a road, but she was getting the idea that there was nothing else Hopefully Arizona wouldn't be such a disappointment

They stopped for lunch in Amarillo, Texas Jonathan browsed the racks of tourist flyers while they waited for their food He came back to the table with a flyer in his hand, a sht in his eyes

"Look at this!" He opened the flyer for Caro there?"

"I don't know" Car way"