Trip to see Questa, as I thought I had just passed by it on the way. Nope, I went right through the center but did not notice! From there to the town Red River. Red River is in a hiatus between summer sports season and winter sports season. Most shops are closed. Empty chair lift awaiting snow. It was so sleepy that I had difficulty spotting a restaurant on the single street that was open. But I did finally have a great lunch of BBQ pork and sausage.

I performed another oldtimers slip. I topped off Jeeps radiator with about a cup of water, but forgot to put the cap back on. I was passing through Questa when I noted my brakes were faded although I had not been down a hill, then a strange smell, then smoke, and I finally looked at the temperature gauge; pegged as so hard that it was almost bending, smoke rising from oil drips on the side of the engine.

After waiting for the temperature to drop back below the boiling point, I added the gallon of antifreeze that I had with me and 1.5 gallon of water after it. An indication that there was not a drop of water left in the engine. Fortunately I was still in a populated area. It would have been a real pain to have been 15 minutes farther down the road. I was disappointed in the NM folks, as probably 100 cars passed me but did not stop. Perhaps it would have been different if I had been deeply into a rural area.

Jeep seems to be getting used to being overheated, and took the incident in stride. I think it may have sealed an oil leak!