Category Archives: 2016

Royal Gorge Train Trip

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Barry

Another comfortable nights sleep, and clear blue skies and around 18°C when we woke up. Today’s outing was a rail trip along the Royal Gorge through which the Arkansas River flows. The Arkansas is the 5th largest river in the US. … Continue reading →

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Can’t Think of a Suitable Title

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Barry

Woke up to a pleasantly cool morning. Lyn had some laundry to do and I had nothing (specific) to do. We sat around outside for a while enjoying the more reasonable temperature of around 25°C. After lunch we headed off … Continue reading →

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Altitude Sickness??

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Barry

An early start this morning, the cool weather from yesterday continued, and we woke up to a chilly 15°C in the trailer. Our well practiced packing up went well, and from falling out of bed, having breakfast and getting on … Continue reading →

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Arctic Cold Front Sweeps Moab Utah

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Barry

A very comfortable nights sleep with the temperature around 20°C. We were woken up by a loud single clap of thunder around 4:30, followed by about 2 minutes of rain. At our proper wake up time the temperature was around … Continue reading →

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Dead Horses and Dinosaurs

Posted on June 12, 2016 by Barry

Another comfortable nights rest, I think I’ve got the A/C under control finally. After experimenting with opening and closing various vents the whole trailer cools to the same temperature. When we first started the sleeping area was about 10°C hotter … Continue reading →

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Finally………………

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Barry

Woke up to an overcast day and ONLY 26°C outside. Inside was a chilly 21°C. For most of the morning the A/C worked as it should have, it came on, it cooled down, it switched off. Repeated as necessary, unlike … Continue reading →

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Cool Air!

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Barry

Another warm night, but again everything cooled down enough for a good nights sleep. Today’s trip was a loop around the La Sal Mountains, the highest of which was over 12,000 ft, or 3 times the height of Ben Nevis … Continue reading →

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Rocks, Rocks and More Rocks

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Barry

Last night the A/C was left running as the outside air remained around 30°C until after 11 PM, so there was no natural cooling of the trailer. It was a comfortable nights sleep with a wake up temperature inside of … Continue reading →

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Acclimatising

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Barry

The outside temperature moderated late last night, dropping down to around 25°C by 11 PM. We decided to switch off the A/C and open up all the windows. This worked well, and by wake up time the trailer was at … Continue reading →

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Lyn Wanted it to Warm Up, Now She Wants it to Cool Down!!!

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Barry

Woke up at the normal time and had breakfast in the motel. We headed out to the truck and admired our 4 new tyres! Then we headed off to Moab, Utah. This was a trip of 300 km, with only … Continue reading →

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