The long cold drive home

We started out early on Thursday morning, heading west across the desert.  We had originally planned to stay in Gallup, but decided to press on in hopes of getting home in two days, to beat the cold weather. Cynthia continued reading Lonesome Dove aloud.    A long day of driving brought us to an RV park in Albuquerque.

Friday morning we did not get an early start, for a variety of reasons.  This meant that we would have to spend one more cold night out.   We ended up stopping in Trinidad Colorado, partly because the high winds had closed the road north of Trinidad, at least for high profile vehicles.  We walked around in downtown Trinidad, but did not stay long, partly because there was little open, and partly because it was bitterly cold.  We headed up to the campground in Trinidad Lake State Park, where we were the only camper.  

Saturday morning the thermometer read zero.  When we tried to dump on the way out of the campground, the valve had frozen shut!   (The valve opened up later).   We headed north to Denver, where I dropped off Cynthia and then headed back to Boulder.   A long hard drive home from Phoenix, but a successful trip.