This is going to be short.

The drive today was short: 174 miles or so but 150 on a 2 lane over a mountain pass.

BUT, last night, the wind!!! It blew so hard that the power was off and on and I finally brought slides in to decrease the rocking and the noise. Every time I drifted off, some noise woke me or Auggie or Bear who were also restless because of the noise.

The wind finally died down 2:00 a.m. ish but I’m not sure if it was 2:00 DST or the fall back 2:00.

I slept soundly until 5:00 a.m. fall back time but did not feel at all rested. The skies in my travel direction looked black and the wind was gusting, but weather looked to get worse so I got going ASAP.

It was windy in spots and rainy, but no snow. Not as bad as I feared and with a supply stop arrived at my folks shortly after 1:00 p.m. All was situated quickly and we had a wonderful afternoon relaxing and watching football AND enjoying Bill’s margaritas and guacamole followed by my mother’s Mac ‘n Cheese and Bill’s special beans for supper.

Dinner was extra early for my benefit and I ran out of steam about 5:15 p.m.

Bear, Auggie and I are all well, settled into our cozy spot (see Instagram) and looking forward to sitting here and being with family.

I’m off to bed.

Below, a few scenes from the road:

Coming down off La Veta Pass.

From WalMart in Alamosa – the skies over the pass, i.e. east: the route I came.

Headed west toward South Fork from Alamosa.

Last Leg.

Friday was a good work day with some nice walks around the two lakes at the Ft. Collins RV Park.

We were up early this morning as I wanted to get through Denver early.

And I did.

And we were in Colorado City shortly after 12:30.

In a wonderful site…

…with a great view.

A great view right out our door.

A door that was open…

To a 71 degree day!

Some of us relaxed.

Bear on the dash…

Auggie under one of the front seats.

Another batch of Ginger syrup.

Tomorrow…the last leg.

I don’t quite get it. It was a short drive day at about 240 miles, but I ended up arriving 1.5 hours later than anticipated and it was warm and I was beat by 5:00 p.m.!

There was no problem with wind.

I had a glitch with my phone email and some mixed info about my destination RV park which delayed departure by an hour.

An unfortunate gas stop at a “middle of nowhere” spot with EXCESSIVE price per gallon meant I only put in what I needed to get to a backup gas spot, but that was 2 gas stops.

A bit of construction…

Temps that were warm enough to get me running sweat when getting situated.

I ended up, as mentioned above beat and hot and no work got done.

Tomorrow is another day. I will stay tomorrow and work and hopefully early to bed, early to rise for Friday.

From the road:

Chugwater, WY rock formations…

… cont’d.

After Chugwater.

Into Colorado!

Parked.

Bear at his post and an across the “road” dog.

Bear and I have been working with our clicker training on barking at dogs minding their own business. He is doing VERY well – I am so happy with the progress!

Auggie takes a look at the same dog.

Sunset out my work area window.

Day is done.

Sometime in the night…late Tuesday or early Wednesday, the wind came up. Not unusual for Wyoming, but given that it was calm (relatively) when I arrived and no forecast for a windy Wednesday, I was surprised.

Even early Wednesday morning, it was very windy. The revised forecast did not hold out any hope for an abatement of the wind until late Wednesday.

I paid for a 2nd night at Ft. Caspar…did laundry, worked, walked with Bear and took a Jeep ride to a natural food grocery for a few items.

It was a wonderful, windy, Wednesday in Wyoming!

Scenic photos on Instagram.

After the laundry, the working, the ride and the walks…a nap!

Pizza Wednesday in progress.

Pizza success and the capper…game 7 of the World Series which I can watch as I have cable TV here!

At 8:15, in the top of the 6th inning: Giants 3, Royals 2

So far, a great game with the best double play I’ve ever seen in the 2nd. Yowza, I love baseball and this is so much fun. A great capper to this wonderful Wednesday.

The morning started cold…the first morning below freezing this trip. No problem for Wild Thing and we left the RV Park at 7:45. 5 miles down the road, I stopped for fuel and also added 3 cans of bg44K to the tank for cleaning.

Then, down the road we went…

…and into Wyoming.

Wyoming scenery.

Lake de Smet. I remember the name, but did not remember seeing so much of the lake…and such blue water. A surprise in arid, dusty Wyoming.

Just a bit of tech info: 3 years ago when I drove this route, I had a brief exposure to 4gLTE in the Denver area. This trip, I’ve had 4gLTE the entire way! I’ve noticed cell towers all along the way and this one – kind of in the middle of nowhere – just an example.

Fort Caspar Campground. Yes, the spelling is correct. It is Fort Caspar in Casper, Wyoming. I don’t know what happened ???

There is a walk in the scrub all around the perimeter of the campground. I didn’t take the camera. There are a LOT of rabbits and I’ve never felt comfortable making sure I control Bear (or Karl) amid the wild-ish critters. So these photos of the campground from inside the motorhome.

More campground.

Around the perimeter of the campground are long term persons – working in the area. The “middle” is mostly overnighter’s like me. But today/tonight, we have a lot of room.

Stuffed shells, roast cauliflower and some toasted rolls for supper.

A good travel day with the least amount of wind I’ve ever experienced into Casper. It was a 276 mild day and we have an even shorter hop tomorrow to Fort Collins.

It was a togetherness kind of travel day. Auggie rode under my chair today. Bear always rides on the engine “hump” with his nose next to my left leg.

I’m looking forward to getting to Fort Collins tomorrow as we will sit there until Saturday.