We're still getting used to time time change! You wouldn't think that one hour would make any difference when you are retired, but it seems to be the case. I got smart, though, and changed my watch so I'm in sinc with the rest of the world in this time zone. Of course, you have to push the pin back in all of the way, or it doesn't make any difference to what time you set your watch.
As we say goodbye to Raton, we're happy to see that the sun is shining today. We have a bit of dried mud inside from the rains the past few days, but I'm going to deal with it tonight as we don't want to wait until those household chores are done to leave. Today should be a fairly easy day. Our next stop is in Cheyenne, Wyoming and we'll spend two nights there. Hopefully that extra day will allow these old bones (times two) to rest up. I find that the tops of my legs at the knees are sore from getting up and down out of the cab and up and down the stairs of the motorhome. We've been stopping about every two hours and moving around outside (weather permitting) and letting Skooter leave messages for the dogs coming behind us, so there are lots of opportunities to flex those muscles.
Wouldn't you know that we'd be just about out of Colorado on the downhill slide, so to speak, into Wyoming when we're waved off of Hwy. 25 as there was a major wreck that completely closed the highway on the northbound side. Lots of us were routed through back country roads, then found our way back to the Hwy. 25 feeder road only to be routed onto the southbound feeder road to wind up right where we started when they took us off of the highway to begin with. This took over an hour! We checked our map and found a county road that would take us east to Hwy. 85 which would take us into Cheyenne a few miles east of where Hwy. 25 comes in. Unfortunately, a lot of other drivers had the same thought and we got in line with them. Once we got to Hwy 85, the line was just as long and NOT MOVING AT ALL. It seems that Hwy. 85 is a two-lane highway, one lane in each direction, and they are repaving one lane of it. I'm beginning to sense a pattern with this trip!
We finally reached our destination, three hours after we thought we'd be here. The campground is nice as most KOAs are, and we're happy with where they put us. John is quite happy as it is near the rail line and he gets to watch the trains go by. We had the manager direct us to Walmart as we couldn't find the power cord for the DirectTV box - so no TV tonight. John had a plan to make a cable, but that didn't work out. Then I remembered storing some items from the overhead under the seat in the dinette area. Guess what I found! We have TV!
We thought we'd left the storms behind us, but no such luck. It is nice, though, to hear the patter of the rain drops on the roof as you are falling asleep. Luckily, we enjoy that as it has been a theme for us since San Antonio.
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