Albeturkey Old Town

After we got out of the temple we went looking for Old Town.  We found it but we were a little bit late.  They rolled up the streets at 5, and we only had 5 minutes.  I told Dean I was sure we had more time, but we didn't.  They were rolling up their jewelry out on the streets when we stepped out of the van. 

Although we couldn't go into the shops, we were able to look at the fun old buildnigs and the quaint shops.  There weren't many people (I guess they knew what time they closed) so we walked the dogs and then a couple of blocks.  With them shutting down so early, I didn't know if there was a security issue, as we had not researched it.  We felt better just getting in the van and seeing from our seats.

My Dad used to talk about Albeturkey and I absolutely loved that he called it that.  I have no idea why he did, whether he had just heard the name somewhere as that, or whether he just said it once and I got such a kick out of it that he said it that way thereafter.  My Dad did stuff like that - if it made me happy he would have done that.

I had purchased some jackets for the dogs because they spent a great deal of time shivering when we didn't have our heater on in the van.  They have been a blessing to them.  It really seemed to make a difference even though little Mindee's is way too big.  I may have to fix it, but for now it keeps them warm.

Originally I had planned to stay for Sunday in Alberturkey but the wind storm was following us and it was not as bad as the night before but it was still blowing enough it wouldn't be fun to be out walking in it.  We decided to move on to Cortez or somewhere in between where the weather wasn't quite as bad.  The van was very comfortable for sleeping even though it was in the low teens.
I had slept on the bench the night before and it got down to 2 degrees.  It is much colder on that level and I finally got up and drove just to get some heat in the van.