DAY 09

We slept "like stones" (Portuguese literally translated version of sleeping like a baby: dormir como uma pedra) at a “Super 8” motel in Amarillo after the ice adventure. But another hiccup, not even a bit more exciting, was waiting for us right at the exit. Jasmine, Syd’s car, apparently slept like a very big and heavy stone too….and wouldn’t wake up.

Syd almost went crazy, Papa Malawer in one line, car insurance at.. the same line!, and a bunch of Mr. Truckmans trying to help us to wake Jasmine up. And they succeeded! Apparently, the long night sleep was not enough to recover her from the trauma of the day before. Diagnostic from our experts: battery almost dead, take her to the emergency room immediately! And there we go! Paul the GPS, our BFF, took us to the next service station, where the diagnostic was confirmed…and the bad news: urgent transplant is needed. The surgery was a total success and Syd was so grateful that besides the clinical expenses, she gave the doctor a bottle of water. What??? Yes, I know, but, you must understand her, she was decided to take seriously Papa Malawer's advices of giving the guy a cup of coffee, but he wouldn’t drink coffe...BUT WHAT DO YOU DRINK (I MUST GIVE YOU SOMETHING...)??? Mari personally thinks that the man was just too embarrassed either to confess his favorite beverages or to accept anything else from us, so he just said… "water". Well, water it was, then. Mari did ask for the coffee he had refused. A small one, please, Syd. Please take a look below at the little tiny small cup of coffee she got. Living la vida gringa: supersize me!

In the meantime, Mari bought Syd a hands-free from the store in the services station, now with Jasmine recovered and hands-free-Syd, back on the road.

It was an amazing trip from Texas to New Mexico, and we almost forgot about the incident.

Our next host, Syd’s friend Amelia, was already expecting us in Albuquerque, and we went out to eat (Mexican, of course) with her friends Amber and Larissa.