Just what you don’t want to see when you’re camping in a travel trailer – –

Snow!! We were trying to stay ahead of the white stuff as Fall began to settle in to Wyoming and Utah, but an early storm in the Colorado high country caught us. The ski resorts were ecstatic – opening weeks ahead of schedule. But we learned an important lesson, and that was to watch these weather trends and make adjustments. In the high passes, it was not only snowing and slick, but there were also 50 MPH wind gusts,

so we turned around and headed back to the western side of the state where it was still dry and waited a couple of days along the Colorado River.

A couple of days later, we made it through Loveland Pass and had a beautiful day in Denver (60’s and sunny). A new storm hit that night with 8″ of snow and more wind, so once again, we decided to wait a day before travelling again. That flexibility in your schedule is very important – – bad weather, rain, snow, wind, can come at any time of the year, particularly in the mountain west. You don’t want to get caught in a situation where you have to travel. We enjoyed the delays, spent some extra time by the river, and Pinochle with friends that we had not seen in many years. It was a great blessing, and our travel days were much more relaxed.