Category Archives: West Coast

The Tunnel Walk

Again, nice and cool overnight, but warmer than usual when we awoke. Today we decided to get in some much needed exercise so we headed off to a walk along an old railway line a few miles away. We made … Continue reading

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Caves and Peaks

A little late on this blog, but we didn’t get home until nearly 10 PM yesterday. As usual a nice cool night to bring the trailer temperature down. Fridays trip was a double header, we were heading out to Manitou … Continue reading

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Today Will be Tomorrow

As we got back late this evening I’ll combine today’s blog with tomorrows.

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Royal Gorge Train Trip

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

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??

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

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

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………………

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!

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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