ABOMINABLE SNOW MARY

It’s been getting cold at night. 26 degrees yesterday morning. Mary dons her hooded sherpa vest until the heater does its thing. We bought some of that foil-lined bubble wrap to wall off the unused parts of the RV to give the heater a helping hand. No use wasting heat where we don’t need it. Tomorrow we will find out if it works.

The days are sunny and it soon warms up so the bike riding has been fine. Today we rode up to Breckinridge.

We are camped on Dillon Reservoir. The town of Silverthorne is a few miles away. We bought our bubble wrap at the Lowes there. Noteworthy about Silverthorne is its location. It sets directly below the dam that holds back the Dillon Reservoir. If that dam should break…… Ever hear of the Johnstown Flood? Those black dots atop the dam in the photo below are cars (to give you an idea how large it is). Imagine the deluge if that earthen dam should break! I’m glad we’re camped above the dam.

DILLON DAM IN BACKGROUND

We drove from Aspen to Vail via Independence Pass on Monday. Ought to be called White Knuckle Pass. Where were the guard rails? 1000-ft drop offs. A 5000-ft pass is a high pass in Washington State. Independence Pass is 12095 ft!

Vail was a bust. No where to park. So we moved on down the highway to the town of Frisco on Dillon Reservoir.

Clear blue skies and golden leaves here. We rode around the reservoir and up to the Copper Mountain ski resort yesterday. We’re going to give our bodies a rest tomorrow – laundry day. Rather than move the RV, which is comfortably ensconced in this camp spot, we’re going to load our dirty clothes into our bicycle panniers and ride to the laundromat in Frisco. Sound exciting?

Oh yeah, the presidential debate. We were eagerly anticipating it yesterday. We listened to about the first fifteen minutes and then turned it off in disgust. What a debacle. These two are the best this country can come up with?