May 9th, 2013 Linda's Nightmare

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May 9^th, 2013

Well, my hands have finally become unclenched enough to write.  The past 2 days have been … eventful to say the least.

We finally got out of Colo. Spgs. On Tuesday after installing the new part for the breaking system … all worked fine. 

We hooked up the car and headed out of the campground at around 7:25 am … going the back way as it’s an easier turn onto the highway.  Unfortunately for us they hadn’t unlocked the gate yet.  What??  The front gate is always unlocked!!  So here we are in a smallish lane with no exit.  Do we unhook the car (hassle) or do we try to make the tight turn?  We try to make the turn.  Bruce got right next to the fence (chain link) and started to turn.  What we ALWAYS forget is that the mo-ho kicks out it’s backside when you turn.  So doing what it does naturally, it kicked out, hooked onto the fence and pulled the back bumper into a 90 degree angle.  Luckily the fence survived.  So … after pulling the bumper into some semblance of ‘normal’ we unhooked the car, removed the braking system and … what???  Someone just came out and unlocked the gate!!  Thanks for that.

 

Nice drive thru the mountains!

So hook back up and off we go in a rain shower but hey … no big deal, right?  Well, as accustomed as we are to higher altitudes these past 2 months … at heart we’re still sea-level dwellers.  What we failed to take into account is that rain at 6,400 ft is snow at 9,000 ft.  A lot of snow.  So here we are on little, windy roads snowing heavily with snowplows going thru … at about 20 mph.  I’m sure if you touched me then I’d have played a tune I was so tightly strung! 

Needless to say, Bruce is great at driving thru crappy stuff and did just fine.  We finally wound back down to lower levels and got into rain again.  We made it into Durango safe and sound although it took 1 g and t and 2 glasses of wine to loosen me up. 

Today we decided not to drive into Sedona like we’d originally planned as it’s getting close to ‘coming home time’ and we really should be going north, not south.  So we headed to Kanab, UT … another long drive (over 300 miles) and while it snowed on and off it was mostly uneventful.  What beautiful scenery along the way …

We’re here in Kanab for 2 nights anyway … will venture out to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary tomorrow and hopefully I don’t come away with ½ dozen dogs!  Then we’ll head to Bryce Canyon and hopefully camp there a few days (or more!) with all the hiking, biking and sightseeing there is.