We suffered a micro-burst in July. A micro-burst is like a thunderstorm without thunder. It’s like a giant dust devil without the dust. It’s a sudden burst of wind without warning. We had just arrived at St Vrain State Park. I was inside opening slides when it hit. Judy was outside. The slide awnings billowed and shredded before I could get the slides back in. Judy had to wait on the lee side of the motorhome until it passed. The manufacturer of our coach used a combined slide awning and window awning design for two years then changed to something better. Repair parts aren’t available for the obsolete design, so we got to upgrade. Now we have a front room slide awning separate from the window awning. It’s a window awning that is easier to put up and down, and is more secure when it’s deployed. We got it made out of semitransparent mesh, like the windshield screen we put up to deflect the sun. Even when the awning is out we can still see through and the awning doesn’t block out all the light.
Awnings
This is how it used to look.
Sunday
You can see Bill and Marge’s farm from the freeway. We didn’t stop to visit with them when we passed Wheatland today, but we watched as we went by and spotted Bill on his tractor in the field. We honked enough that Bill recognized us and waved. We drove south from Douglas, Wyoming to Longmont, Colorado. Douglas is home to the Jackalope. I didn’t get a picture of one while we were there, but I found this one on the internet. We’re set up for a week at St Vrain State Park, close to Becky and family.
travel day
A long and winding road today. We’re in Douglas, Wyoming tonight. Wilson’s Phalaropes in the farm pond. A parting shot from Yellowstone. Sylvan Lake on the way out the east entrance.
Yellowstone
Two weeks in Yellowstone. Time to move on. Two weeks was not enough. I want another month.