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Vadodara - Jodhpur - Jaisalmer travelogue

My wife lived part of her life in Rajasthan before she married me. She actually lived through various parts of Rajasthan with her family. My father in law worked in Rajasthan Ground water department. He had to go to places to search for water. Water is scarce in Rajsthan. So, she has seen West to East of Rajasthan through North to almost South end of it. Through this vivid past of heat, cold, love, study, history and geography of Rajasthan, I had my wife as complete a human being as one can be. And I have her stories of Rajasthan. She spent a lot of time in Bikaner among other cities. I have seen her world through her eyes, mind and words. I wanted to see her in her own past, I wanted to see her walking in her own, known alleys, lanes, through lights and darks as she used to in her teens. We had an open date plan to visit Bikaner and Jodhpur for last 4 years or may be more. That plan sees a white paper to start when we landed in Baroda (Vadodara) and realised, we ar