Day 61 - Saturday, April 3

Our daugher Isabelle is 9 today.  We had a birthday party for her and Gracie serving hamburger and red sauce.  Happy girls tonight.

We, however, had a "trying" day.  Currently staying the night at Jackson Lake State Park just north of Fort Morgan, CO - about 70 miles East of Denver.  To get here from Grand Junction we had to drive over two 10,000+ foot mountain passes.  Very slow going and "extremely" dirty for the vehicles.  Lot's of heavy snow on top but not causing travel problems (road ice) to be a danger.  Just a mess of everything when we got down.  The road dirt was like glue or cement on the vehicles.  Never experienced anything like that before.  Found a grocery store, gas station, and car/RV wash all on the same block in Ft. Morgan.  Quickly (well not so quickly - it was a lot of work) got all done and to the park by about 5:30 pm.  Whew!!

Somehow managed to sever the electrical cord connecting the tow car to the RV, broke the generator exhaust mounting bracket, broke the "eye" hook connecting the protective"skirt" between the car and RV, snapped several leveling blocks in two at the campground, and forgot to take the car out of gear while it was attached to the RV as I pulled the RV onto the leveling blocks.  Couldn't figure out why the RV didn't want to move!

But no serious damage to anything.  I can fix it!  Just may need to stay here an extra day before moving on.

Good internet connection and I could put pictures on the blog - but, once again, not tonight.  Tomorrow, I promise.  Good night!  See ya all soon.