Sunday, November 13, 2005

Bend and beyond


The point of being in Bend was to get a few things taken care of on the
motorhome. It took a few days.

Day one, the old couch is gone, the new one is in, the drop down visor, and
some interior curtains got fixed. Day two, an alignment correction on the
big laser guided alignment machine to make the rig handle as well as it
should. Day three, snap-on external sunshades to cut down the solar gain
from Imax when we're parked. Day four, an improved tow-car braking system
and some paint touch-up on the outside cabinet door I dinged. Friday, out
of here, across the Oregon desert, headed for a new client in Woodland Park,
Colorado. Stopped for the night in Vale, Oregon. Saturday, continue across
the Great Basin in cloudy weather, through Idaho, stopping for the night in
Salt Lake City and a visit with Uncle Johnnie. Sunday, a short day through
deteriorating weather to stop for the night in Rawlins, Wyoming and watch
the Broncos crush the hated Raiders (it actually worked out that way).
Cold, snowy, and windy all day, but the roads stayed dry. The good news is,
it was a tail wind.

Tonight, we're rocking and rolling in high wind and thirty degrees.
Tomorrow, wind and snow permitting, the Boulder County Fairgrounds and
dinner with Brian, Becky, and family.