A slightly different experience

After chasing a eastbound from Durango past the sawmill east of Juanita, we turned around and headed back to Durango. One of the guys had to catch a plane to Denver that evening. As we topped the hill just west of Juanita a rock sprang from the road and holed our oil pan. So we pulled over, parked the (rental) car, and hiked down the hill to a farm house in Juanita. Mr. Villareal and his wife welcomed us, offered us cold soft drinks, and said we were welcome to use their phone to call for a tow truck. We were very lucky because phone service had arrived at Juanita only the week previously. So we called a tow truck and sat in their living room discussing world affairs. Mr. Villareal was a retired DRGW section foreman, but he clearly kept up with what was going on in the world. It could not have been more pleasant. When he learned one of us had a plane to catch he volunteered to drive us to Durango, which he did. When offered some compensation for his hospitality it was all we could do to force him to take $20. What could have been a difficult situation turned into one of our most memorable ng. experiences.

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