The wind hit with a fury at 3:30 this morning. The first burst knocked some
accumulated ice loose, like someone pouring out a large bag of ice cubes
onto the roof; they rattled and scattered all the way to the front of the
motorhome and off. The internet dish wouldn’t stow, it was still locked in
ice. After being buffeted by the windstorm, it broke loose enough to put
itself out of harm’s way. I was happy to hear that final clunk, indicating
it was flat on the roof. There was so much noise, I couldn’t tell if the
dish had already been ripped off and blown away. It’s down now, but no
telling how much it got torqued in the meantime. I’ll find out under calmer
conditions. Eighty-mile an hour winds in Golden. Close to a hundred nearby. It was a
very rough night. The rig bounced and rolled like a boat. I liked the
motion for a while, kind of like being on a boat at anchor except for the
noise. Usually when the wind blows from the west it gets warm. This time it warmed
up from the teens to the twenties. Temperature in the twenties and eighty
mile an hour winds. Wonder what the wind chill is on that. No letup all day. It is so hard to go out the door, I have to go out first
and hold it so Judy can go in and out. Enough wind to cause damage. The high wind warning is supposed to expire at six o’clock. It’s ten
minutes till six. We’re ready. Today my throat feels like I’ve been yelling at the television or something.
Football
Sunday football. Denver Kansas City. A home game for Kansas City. Nobody
beats Kansas City in Kansas City. Football is a stupid game. I hate football.
Golden
You know we were there. You know it’s coming. The many faces of Sopris. This trip’s view of Mt. Sopris.
Golden
Another can’t lose football day, Saturday. Texas and Colorado. That didn’t
go well. We could pretend we were rooting for Texas all along, but really,
we were rooting for Colorado. Took a while to figure out what went wrong.
Went outside at halftime and discovered we had hung the CU flag backwards.
That must have made it the sign of the devil, the anti-CU, or something,
because CU just got creamed. Creamed doesn’t describe it. Words don’t
describe it. Sorry CU, for getting the flag backwards. Got Rags back from the cat spa today. Now we’re all back together.
Golden
Know how, when you’re camping, and it gets quiet at night, and then some
dogs start barking off in the distance, and it goes on and on, and you can’t
fall asleep because it’s so irritating, and then you discover that it’s not
dogs barking, it is a whole flock of Canada geese, and suddenly it’s nature
not an annoyance, and everything is okay? Does that ever happen to you? I struggled with a smell/fragrance/odor/annoyance in the motel in
Carbondale. I just couldn’t place it. Something faint, but sharp. Just
the occasional waft. I couldn’t locate the source. Something slightly
burnt, but subtle. I tried for days. It only hit me when I was sitting
quietly, working at my computer. It never happened in the other room. It made me crazy. It wasn’t the fridge. It wasn’t the sink. It wasn’t the
microwave. I just couldn’t figure it out. Then, Friday morning, the
epiphany. It appeared in a different room. At the same time as the
fragrance appeared in a different room, the ziplock bag of coffee beans
appeared as well. Coffee beans! Not our normal coffee beans, but some
particularly strong espresso coffee beans. I love that coffee. Problem
gone.