Awake: 5:53am Temp 23 sleep 5+35 windy & cool overnight @ Limon, Colorado.
No need to clean off the slides this morning, the wind did the job for me. After a small breakfast, we left the KOA campground @ 9:45am & continued heading west on I-70 to Denver.
Approaching the city of Denver, we were startled to see....sunshine & no snow on the ground. Katrina told us that this sort of thing happens frequently. Denver gets the snow but it doesn't last long, only in the mountains.
From here, we head north on I-25 to Cheyenne, Wyoming where we topped off our tank @ a Valero fuel station with (163) gal of diesel. I also tried to call a Nicktown cousin & high school classmate living in Rawlins, WY, to no avail. The phone number was discontinued. "We'll go to Rawlins anyway & stay the night @ a campground" I told Kathy.
Then we switched to I-80 & headed west along with a lot of trucks also using I-80...in both directions. We had a terrific crosswind starting shortly after leaving Cheyenne & staying with us as we arrived @ the Western Hills Campground @ 4:03pm in Rawlins, WY.
We saw one tractor trailer completely overturned on I-80...most likely due to strong crosswinds. I finally slowed my speed down by (5) mph...but that was after a gust of wind pushed the co-pilot's side mirror away about a foot which made it unusable. We were so close to the campground, I waited until parked to re-adjust the mirror.
Today's travel: 329 miles 6+02 driving time 58 gal used 5.7 mpg 54 mph avg speed.
After checking in at the office, we asked the campground manager if she knew Archie Kirsch. "Oh yes," she said. "Everyone in town knows Dr. Archie."
The manager let us use the phone book & we wrote down Archie's brother, Alcuin's phone number. I felt a little awkward when calling Alcuin late afternoon & asking if we could pay him a visit tomorrow morning @ 9:00am. He said yes, that would be fine. He didn't know where Archie was either.
Dinner: mashed potatoes with chicken noodle soup from the Nicktown picnic, a chicken breast & bread.
Evening movie: "The Girl with Green Eyes" Rita Tushingham, Peter Finch, Lynn Redgrave, T.P. McKenna, etc. Moving drama of young farm girl falling in love with writer Finch, highlighted by winning Tushingham performance. 1964. A different angle on dating but my mother would not have approved of it.
Lights out: 12:54am.
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