Winter Revisited

Oakley, KS, April 27 a.m. -- Brrrrr! That all I can say. After weeks of weather in the 70s, 80s, 90s even, we have come back to the cold. It got below freezing last night so I had to unhook the water before we went to bed and the rehook this morning. I also ran my little system heater that warms the underpart of the motorhome where the water and sewer connections are.

Yesterday started out fairly well, with sunshine and warmth. But less than an hour before where we planned to overnight, a huge, blustery wind blew up and accompanied us the rest of the way. It was so strong it ws causing the awning over my doorway to continually open and flap back and forth. We stopped twice to try to fix it and finally found a rest stop where we actually taped it shut with some heavy duty tape. That held it for the final miles. We may just leave it taped till we get to Portland. In all the miles I've traveled (more than 23,000) I've never had that happen before.

The place we parked in was right next to a steak place. I decided a steak sounded perfect for dinner so I walked over and got a couple rib-eye steak dinners with baked potatoes and rolls to go. We ate them in the Mo with some salad we had in the refrigerator and I had a glass of sangiovese wine from the Biltmore Estate Winery in NC. We also had a little Southern Comfort . . . we both needed Comfort. It's almost gone but it was a very small bottle!

Today we head north into North Platte, NB, where we connect with 80, and then on west. We will probably cross the continental divide bewteen Cheyenne and Wyoming -- looks to be about 8,000+ feet so should be interesting. We have towed the car the last couple of days so we could take turns driving the Mo but somewhere in Wyoming we will unhook so the Mo doesn't have to tow the car over the pass. Even though it's light, it still puts a strain on the engine that it won't need for that trip.

If I have wifi tomorrow night -- who knows where we'll be -- I'll try to post a short note then as well.
TravelinLady