RV Trips – Page 4 – E A Summers

November 14, 2014

Friday

We woke to snow.

I opened the door to take Bear out, noticed that the steps did not look right…Oh, snow!

It melted during the day and then late afternoon, the sky clouded and it started a rain/snow mix.

I had thought to start back toward home tomorrow (Saturday), but looking at weather, the new plan is to start on Monday. It looks to be warmer all along the route next week.

My alternate heating plan is working very well (see comment on “Boys will be boys) – in fact, it has been more comfortable and quieter overnight than with the furnace.

But, I’m tired. My folks are tired. In addition to being and having guests, there has just been a lot of little things and the time change and I don’t know…we are all dragging a bit.

Bear and Auggie are starting to get a bit of cabin fever.

It is time for all of us to get back to our “normal” routines.

But, meanwhile, we do what we can to have fun!

Friday!

November 12, 2014

Boys will be boys

So, between the normal juggle of work, rv stuff (heat not fixed), pets and family visiting (plus some local politicking)…YIKES!! It has been somewhat non-stop.

But, FUN!!

This morning…

… amongst the local herd, two bucks had words.

But, it was a bit half-hearted.

It appeared they were just going through the motions.

The does ignored the entire thing.

Srsly – it was funny!

Auggie watched.

So did Bear.

Boys will be boys!

November 10, 2014

This photo was yesterday’s sunrise. Managing heat overnight without my furnace has meant I’ve been up and down and yesterday (Sunday), it caught up with me. I ran out of steam late afternoon, retreated to Wild Thing, put on my jammies, made tea, made ginger syrup, had crackers for supper, walked Bear and went to bed. It was dark, but sunset is early.

It was warmer last night so I skipped the middle of the night heat up and feel more rested this morning. I have an appointment to get the furnace looked at on Wednesday – hopefully something easy.

November 8, 2014

Lunchtime walk

Bear and I have been walking at a wonderful venue: Coller Wildlife Area. There are three entrances several miles from home base with miles of not bad road to walk or Jeep or 4 wheel, but we park the Jeep and walk along the Rio Grande.

November 2, 2014

Last Leg: Colorado City to South Fork

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: