Saturday 16 May 2015
Woke up this morning to a rainy cool day with the forecast
calling for more of the same all day long.
We decided that rather than just hang out all day, we’d move out of
Hovenweep in search of a campground with showers, water fill-up and holding
tank dump. Then we’d be all prepared for
the next leg which will be none of the foregoing for 2-4 days.
Long story short, we ended up at Mesa Verde National Park
where we have not been for about 30 years.
The good news is that around 6:30, the weather cleared and we were
treated to an empty park with a beautiful sunset from the 8,000 foot summit of
the park.
The bad news was that to get to that point we had to go
through a short but intense blizzard as we climbed (in the Funmobile) into the
park, (which probably why the park is empty).
The further bad news was that if it was snowing at 5 pm, how cold was it
likely to get over night? It’s now about
10 pm and its 32 degrees. I drained the
water tanks and did other preps in hopes of avoiding a freeze-up. Fingers crossed again.
The last news is the good news that we have a power hookup
so we can run the electric heater tonight.
By tomorrow a clearing spell is forecasted and we will be dropping to a
lower elevation and some warmer weather.
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| Ugh! |
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| No - it's NOT a diorama. |
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| I can't remember which way is up. |
Good night from Mesa Verde.
Brad and Val
Ha. Took me a second to figure out the upside down photo. Escher must've lived there.
ReplyDeleteHa. Took me a second to figure out the upside down photo. Escher must've lived there.
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