Awake: 4:51am Temp 72 sleep 5+30 sunny elevation 1367 ft
overnight @ Salina, Kansas.
We eat a small breakfast of cereal, retract our slides, etc & leave the
Sundowner West RV Park @ 8:35am. Interstate 70 is merely ½ mile away.
Very, very smooth roads continue. (1) stop today @ the Colorado Welcome
Center where Kathy loads up on brochures. We arrive @ the Marshall Ash
Village RV Park in Stratton, Colorado @ 1:50pm. We gained an hour at the
western edge of Kansas.
Today’s travel: 4+57 time 274.9 miles 37.8 miles 7.28 mpg
55.7 avg speed.
After setting up camp, we drive the Suzuki around this town of Stratton &
check it out….it really is too hot to walk around the town this time of
day. For it’s size(population=669) there are some nice perks for the
people: large public swimming pool; elementary & high school buildings
with football field; several churches; numerous businesses including
several grocery stores, etc. We check the Mass schedule @ Saint Charles
church & then return to our cooling down motorhome.
Far to the west, we catch sight of some dark & billowing clouds moving our
way. Just before we leave to attend the 7:15 Mass, I talk Kathy into
closing all of our slides just in case. Walking out of church @ 8:05, the
priest suggested that we all get a move on as this weather system is just
down the road. Sure enough, strong winds & some rain pushed us around
during our 8:35 dinner of: Tuna steak, brown rice, broccoli, mixed salad &
toast.
Watching the history channel about the “Bad Luck of the Kennedy Family”,
our TV screen would miss a few digital signals off & on during the 2.0 hr
film. Our campground did miss the heavy rains however; we think it moved
further north.
Today’s high=98 Lights out: 11:02pm
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