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The 201703 trip – Colorado Springs

Saturday, April 8

Garden of the Gods RV
Garden of the Gods RV

We drove from Santa Fe, NM to Colorado Springs. Will stay for 2 days and head home after strong windws & bad storms pass. We got reservations at Garden of the Gods RV Resort in Colorado Springs. It was a nice enough place with full amenities. Our 30 amp electric hookup was wired backwards (thank you Progressive Industries). Fortunately, the 50 amp was fine and I used our adapter to hook up. The sites weren’t as level as the could or should be but we managed. There were deer that wandered through the place at times. It was wedged between the highway and residential neighborhood but was convenient to Garden of the Gods.   We got in early enought, we haded for Garden of the Gods and stopped by the visitor center and went hiking.  Parking was difficult but we found spots in the main lot and hiked around the big rocks. Saw quite a few rock climbers, took lots of pictures.  Then home for supper and a good nights sleep.

 

Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods

Sunday, April 9     Went out to say a Pueblo Vievo. Excellent.   It was a nice day, but we Laundry in the morning anyway. Mostly Debbie and Sylvia while I replaced the water pump. I took the old one apart – and the check valve was stuck. I freed it – and it seemed like it would work, so I now have a spare pump.   In the afternoon we headed to Garden of the Gods again and tried to find parking – and it was even worse. Deb, Sylvia and I took a spot and the kids went off to look nearby. Eventually they found a lot in the SE corner and we went there to meet them. Then we all hiked to Balanced Rock and back, then to the store which was nearby. Then we went to find Pueblo Vievo, a restaurant Deb, Sylvia and I had been at 3 years ago – and it was still there and it was great too.  The next day, the winds were supposed to die down……

 

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The 201703 trip – sick, Goblin Valley, Capitol Reef, drunk driver, Dead Horse

Saturday, April 1 

Jen was still sick, but thought she was

Goblin Valley Pano
Goblin Valley Pano

feeling better. Not well, but better so we all went. We had fun at Goblin valley and pushed on to Capitol Reef. We stopped at the campground bathrooms, then the little store there for ice scream, then bathrooms again.   Then headed for home by a different route – Hwy 72 back to interstate. 72 was increadibly hilly and curvy.  I’m glad we weren’t pulling the trailers.  Shortly after hitting the Interstate, a car passed us – then another without its headlights on.  After it got a couple of hundred feet up – the driver realized it had no lights – hit the brakes, found the light switch and accelerated off. But that wasn’t the end. He would slow down, speed up, change lanes for no reason then slam on the brakes. All indications of an impaired driver. We called 911, got transferred to USP. We managed to provide a running location and direction as well as description and license plate – but no cop showed up. The car pulled into Green River, into a gas station there. I told the UPD dispatcher and we went on. They got our contact info incase they needed us to file a report – but never contacted us. So, either they never caught up with the person or they did and had all the evidence they needed.

Sunday, April 2 

Jen still sick. Almost took her to ER, but she regained her appetite for breakfast. We decided to leave her at the trailer again and take the girls to Dead Horse Point State Park. Beautiful views, but was cut short because Jenn was feeling worse.  We had no cell coverage in most of the park, but at the main visitor center, there was just enough cell to get a call through.  When she called and said she was running a fever. So, we packed up, and headed back as fast as we could. After lots of discussion – the decision was to wait another day because of the cost of going into an ER this far from home.

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