Tuesday 23 March 2010

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Awake: 7:04am      Temp 40      sleep 6+58       sunny, then clouds       overnight @ Englewood, CO.

Early afternoon, for whatever reason, I thought I would take a picture of our campsite with Kathy in the driver's seat. Keep in mind, this Flying Saucer RV Park was built in the forties & not many updates have been done since.

But, if you look closely over the roof line of our motorhome, you can see one upgrade item for the campground: part of a new Flying Saucer sign. After looking @ the photo, I see a lot of reflections & one can barely see Kathy behind the wheel, but here it is anyway. DSC09062.JPG Katrina called late afternoon from school; she has selected a restaurant for tonight's gathering & asked if it would be ok to bring one of her roommates along. "Yes, of course!" we tell her. We wanted to meet her roommates anyway. She suggested we meet @ her condo @ 6:00pm.

Well, in the meantime, winter weather moved in with a vengeance; heavy snow & wind. The rain started around 2:30pm & by 5:30pm, our Suzuki was beginning to accumulate snow.

We didn't realize how fast the snow was accumulating everywhere; by the time we arrived @ Katrina's condo, we could hardly see in front of us. It was like a white out condition. Fortunately, Katrina was watching out of her window & saw us go right past her place; she called our cell phone & talked us back to her condo for parking close by.

We rode in Katrina's new Subaru Out-Back to the restaurant of her choice; traffic was slow moving & difficult to see but Katrina is a good driver. Kathy & one of Katrina's roommates, Becky, rode in the back seats.

The "Little Basil" restaurant was perfect for our dinner rendezvous. Due to the weather, I'm sure, we & only one other small group were it. It took some casual salesmanship on my part to convince Kathy what meal to share, & with her so many N0's, I began to wonder if I did wrong by pushing the eggplant dinner meal after all. But, when she took that 1st bite, I knew I did alright! As we ate & chatted, we got to know Becky a lot better (a nice gal from the mid-west), & we had a good time catching up with each others adventures. DSC09064.JPG Outside, the blizzard was still going strong; both Becky & Katrina had items to purchase next door @ the King Souper grocery store so we followed their (8--10) inch deep foot prints as best we could. Altogether, our time @ the "Little Basil" & the King Souper store added up to maybe (2) hrs; as you can see, Katrina's car accumulated quite a bit of snow during that time. DSC09068.JPG Yes, that's Kathy brushing off the snow like a pro. Back in Katrina's condo, Becky gave us each a small bowl of ice cream to help warm us up after our adventures with "the blizzard." Then later, a tour of the condo & the changes Katrina had made since our last visit (3) yrs ago. She also gave us a preview of our "to-do" list. After looking @ that "to-do" list, we thought we had better get out of here before the list gets longer.

For the 1st time ever in our Suzuki, I used the (4-wheel drive) gear to get back to our motorhome. When we entered our home on wheels, something was not right; the temp inside the living room read 56 degrees & we were on battery power. Nearly the entire campground was dark, with a few small lights here & there.

En route to our coach, we heard of power failures being announced throughout various areas of Denver so we just assumed that the campground was also included. Therefore, I started the generator & we watched our recorded political programs & then....with generator running, bed time.

Lights out: 12:28am. 

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