Sunday, January 5, 2014

Good Bye winter cold...

OK....... Now that's more like it!!!!!



After Christmas I had began making piles of stuff that needed to go back to the desert...  On Thursday, I loaded all that stuff out into the garage... It was below freezing out there, so I put it into one of the cars...

Friday morning I loaded the final stuff and the stuff in the garage into the Wrangler and locked the place up for the rest of the winter...  It was 11 AM before I was on the road, but the sun was shining and it warmed up quickly as I headed West from KC..

It was 54 degrees when I crossed into Oklahoma South of Liberal, Ks....  But the wind was blowing over 30 mph...   The little Jeep was all over the road... As the sun went down, the wind subsided and I pressed on to Tucumcari...

We spent the night at our usual Rodeway Inn...  This turned out to be a bad deal, as somehow I contacted a bunch of germs and awoke with a runny nose and a sore throat.... I found 2 zinc tabs in my medicine bag.

Since you gain an hour, I was up with the sun but the clock had an earlier time on it...  I was on the road by 7:45..  Stopping only for gas and bathrooms, we were in Gallup around 1:30..  I went to the Wal Mart there for more zinc..

So by 6 PM, we arrived here in Mesa, and began the unload process....   So much work when you are by yourself...  I had driven thru a car wash up in Payson, to remove layers of road salt and grime from the Jeep..  But as I look at the vehicle this morning, it isn't anywhere near clean...  At least I didn't get filthy as I loaded stuff out of it...

So I will miss the terrible cold covering the midwest and northeast... That's OK by me and Biscuit is much happier going outside to do her duty as well...

Retired Rod

8 comments:

  1. Oh-to be at 69 degrees! Can't wait for that day! Glad you made it back to AZ safe and sound!

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  2. Looks like you got while th gettin was good. We got hammered with a blizzard here in Dardenne Prairie, now just relax and get rid of that bug you picked up. Hope it's warm enough for you.Sam & DOnna...

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  3. Rod we did not keep the Jeep. The price of diesel I could not afford both...

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    1. Sorry to hear that, I am amazed at the fun of the Wrangler...

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  4. Welcome back. We head out in the morning. Sure hope you didn't catch the bug that we had cause it was wicked.

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  5. Glad to see you made it back to the land of sun and blue skies! Wish I was there!

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  6. Good for you, Rod. Glad you made it back safe and sound to warm, sunny Arizona. I'll bet Biscuit is happy with this weather.

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