Traveling and Landing

Sunday’s drive went well with just a little tail wind and almost 200 miles to the South Pueblo/Colorado City KOA. We made it this far back in March, the weather is chilly but no blizzards in the forecasts, just a chance of rain and maybe some snow flurries, which we didn’t experience either.

What an adventure our 150 mile drive on Monday to the KOA in Limon, Colorado. We decided to get off the interstates and everything was good until we went north on 71…OMG! A sign stated construction for 40 miles with possible delays and no vehicles over 12’, we thought we were good and how bad could it be? We have NEVER encountered this sort of construction EVER and we e been on lots of backroads with construction. Driving along when a sign stated construction ahead with one lane and a flag man…still ok UNTIL the next sign we see is “PAVEMENT ENDS”…WHAT? Gravel washboard road for a few miles then back and forth with one lane roads…all of it would have been fine…all but the no pavement area…that was rough! Oh the fun times we always find!

We were apprehensive to get back on the same road north on Tuesday but it was much better for us with no construction and only a few rough spots. We arrived in Sidney, Nebraska, 150 miles, where we stayed at Cabela’s RV Campground, what a nice park. The wind howled most of the day and night and it was quite cold and we were blessed to be off the road. We woke up at 6am to a “Severe Storm Risk”, which was strange because it was 40 degrees and foggy, but my fears ran rapidly, so we got on the road immediately.

The rest of our drive is on 385 North, and for the most part is smooth, and at times opens up to a divided highway, and even when it’s a two lane they are wide lanes. We got to the KOA in Hot Springs/Black Hills area and it was a fabulous stay.

With under 60 miles to our destination and what a beautifully perfect drive it was…the Black Hills are gorgeous. There was an area that had buffalo everywhere and at one point there was a few almost on the road, but we made it through without incident.

We made it to our site for the summer and we actually pull into our site and we have a spectacular view, including deer throughout the evenings and mornings to just enjoy.

Our plan is to clean up, rest as much as possible this weekend since we have orientation on Monday for work to begin. We are so excited that everything lined up for us to spend our summer here, we are going to have a blast and it all feels right.