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Chatfield

A change in the weather. No more of that low twenties and freezing rain. We woke to low twenties and heavy snow. Snowed off and on all day, but the temperature did get up to forty degrees, so the snow was almost gone by dark. Meadowlarks, robins, cedar waxwings, horned larks, great flocks of mountain bluebirds, and a cooper’s hawk.
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Chatfield

We woke to winter ice wonderland. Temperature in the low twenties. The freezing rain had stopped, but still very slippery out. We kept an eye on the weather forecasts and road condition reports all morning. Got our break during the heat of the day. The weather window we wanted. All the road conditions improved from “icy in spots” to “wet”. Left at noon, got over Monument Divide in dense freezing fog, and settled at Chatfield in Littleton by three. Got a visit with Matt, Alex, and Austin. That’s the new baby’s name: Austin Lynn.
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Santa fe

That’s it for Santa Fe. It has been a busy time here, five jobs in three weeks, but three weeks in Santa Fe is not enough. I want more. Still more donkey cart path streets to explore. Old Santa Fe Trail Road. Old Pecos Trail Road. They intertwine. But time to move on. Colorado here we come. Here we come, right at the same time as a change in the weather. Had the exit conference at eleven am. Back to the coach for lunch at noon. Packed up and gone by one, just as the wind and rain were setting in. We decided to drive north over Raton Pass, before the weather got cold enough to snow on us and strand us on the south side of the pass. The rain changed to freezing rain, but we made it over the pass before the roads got too slippery. Headed for Lathrop State Park west of Walsenburg. We always head for Lathrop State Park whenever we get in the neighborhood. Hunkered down for a cold night. We have reservations at Chatfield State Park in Littleton tomorrow night, but now it’s a skating rink out there. Freezing rain. Freezing fog. Lots of roads closed. It was too slippery to go for a run outside in the dark tonight, so I ran laps inside the motorhome. We’ll have to see what weather tomorrow brings.