October 22 Driving to Kremmling CO

Snow/rain clouds on the way to Kremmling

What a rainy ugly day we got up to today. After breakfast the camp office was open so I called and made arrangements to leave the RV for 6 nights so we could drive the truck to Kremmling and stay with Mike and Darlene. While I was packing things Bill drove 2 miles to the Wal-mart to get a Styrofoam cooler and fill the truck up with diesel. I didn’t want to leave anything in the fridge to spoil and wanted to take some things to do my share of the cooking. Although Mike and Darlene both graciously welcomed us to stay with them and to bring Molly and Xena, I hate to be a crasher. Want to make a couple of nice desserts to enjoy and do some of the cooking. We needed to wait for the rain to die down some too to load the back of the truck. Good thing it has the cover as there would not be enough room inside for the pets and all the “stuff”. Couldn’t forget the litter box among and pets items along with our food and clothing. It looked like we were moving in!

We didn’t get on the road until close to 11 and it was rainy on and off. A couple of times in the higher elevations along I-70 we even had tiny hale. We both agreed that some of the scenery in the higher elevations was beautiful. There was a light sprinkling of snow that made line where the temperature changed. The bottom would be totally evergreens and the top was snowy. Bill did a lot of video and tried to take photos through the windows but with the droplets I’m not sure they turned out so well.

We stopped in Glenwood Springs and had lunch at Wendys and reminisced about our last trip there when we hiked up the mountain side to see there they think Doc Holliday is buried. Of course that was in the summer and it was hot too. We drove past the actually springs today too and there were lots of people in their bathing suits and snow in the high country! Bill wants to go do that some day.

We stopped again in Silverthorne which was also where were exited the interstate to head to Kremmling. There’s a decent size outlet mall there but the darn thing is in parts in 4-5 places. I wanted to look for a new purse and some snow shoes. I only went into stores that I knew carried either of the items. I called Darlene to let her know to expect up by 5 and she said there was also a Target on the way out of town if we needed to stop, which we did. I had no luck on the shoes at the mall stores but did finally settle on a purse at Wilson Leather. Bill was very relieved as he was tired of me purse hunting everywhere we went. Since I wanted to pick up a couple of things at Target I also checked there on shoes and did find some waterproof insulated short boots that looked decent and weren’t too expensive since I don’t know how often I’ll need them.

On the last road on the way up to Darlene and Mike’s house we stopped to film about 8 deer. One was on the road and the rest were walking or laying in the field right by the road. We were a little late arriving and Mike had Bill’s meatloaf cooking.

Once we moved in we had a great home cooked dinner of meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy and peas, with apple pie and ice cream for dessert. Bill was very happy with his meatloaf and the prospect of meatloaf sandwiches for lunch. We sat and visited most of the evening which was great. By bedtime it was still light rain falling which I was hoping would not turn into snow by morning. Will have to wait and see.