The temperature at Becky’s house had a 4 in it as well, but only one; it was 4.
We drove to Arizona.
We didn’t encounter any dust storms, but they certainly prepared us for the possibility!
Here is today’s temperature and humidity.
It’s a little dry.
We’re at Roper Lake State Park.
We love this little desert park.
Maybe we need to get Jesse a bigger bed.
Or less stuff.
We watch pickup trucks pull fifth-wheel and travel trailers into RV Parks. To level the trailer, these travelers often must disconnect from the truck so they can level the trailer front to back. Even if they’re just stopping for the night, they have to unhook that night and rehook the next day.
So here is my invention: Install hydraulic suspension, like the lowrider cars in California that can bounce up and down, in the rear of the pickup truck. Then, without unhooking the trailer, raise or lower the back end of the truck until the trailer is level. No need to unhook. Problem solved. Life is easier!
Brilliant!?
We’ve driven to warm weather.
Today’s high in Las Cruces, New Mexico: 76 degrees. Today’s high in Erie, Colorado also has a seven in it: 17 degrees.
Jesse can’t seem to stay in her bed when she falls asleep.
But while we were there, we got a chance to walk in the Loveland Sculpture Garden.
Still in Albuquerque. This evening, we got to visit with Shannon, our Albuquerque Partner. Always a delight.
Distance: Half marathon (13.1 miles).
Conditions: 24 degrees and snowing.
Number of participants: 80.
Target time: 1 hour 30 minutes.
Time: 1 hour 35 minutes.
Result: Tied for 6th overall.
This wasn’t a fund-raiser run, but Conner wanted to raise some money for cancer research, so he took pledges, exceeding his original goal of $100 by an order of magnitude. He made a good run, and he raised $1,000! Congratulations Conner!
Northern New Mexico all done up in chalk pastels.
How we travel.
Problem is, this is the warm before the storm day. Tonight the bottom drops out. Winter storm warning. Wind. Snow. The temperature dropping to about zero. We could hunker down for three or four days, but what are we going to do with a little puppy that has to go outside in the middle of every night to pee? Take her out at zero degrees?
We packed up the bus, got in the car, and drove to Conner’s five K race.
He did great! Only a few people came in ahead of him.
His goal was to finish in under 20 minutes.
He finished at 19 minutes, 4 seconds!
Yeaa Conner!
We hugged everyone bye, drove back to the bus, hooked up the car, and headed south.
Enjoying the view of the continental divide.
And the sky.
Past Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs.
Past Huerfano, the little cinder cone outside Walsenburg.
And Spanish Peaks.
We left Colorado.
The forecast for Longmont, where we just left, tomorrow is snow with a high of 29 and a low of 16. For Raton, NM, where we are tonight, the forecast is a 44 degree high, a low of 23 degrees, and no snow. We did good.
