Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Sitting in Seibert

We delayed our trek east by a day to wait out the storms that were supposed to hit central Kansas. As it turned out, we probably could have made it to Salina, KS, without any problem, but it's a gamble. We erred on the side of caution and stayed here in Colorado.
This is not a bad RV park. It's quiet, although now, at 9:30 pm, I did hear a train whistle. I don't think too many trains come down the tracks, located about 1/2 mile from here. We're probably 1/2 to 3/4 mile from the interstate here and I didn't hear any road noise at all last night. Milagros!
I was comforted when I found that there are tornado sirens in the town and a storm shelter in the basement underneath the owner's house. We've certainly been in situations in past years when we had no idea where the nearest storm shelter was, with tornadoes all around the area.
We met the folks in the 5th wheel next door, a very nice couple from Texas who are also Escapees. I guess I'd better explain! We are life members of the Escapees, mainly for their mail forwarding service. It's an organization of full-time RV'ers and wanna-be's, and they have a magazine and all sorts of benefits. Anyway, the folks next door are headed for Gunnison, CO, tomorrow. They're from Livingston and Houston area.
We decided to take our walk this morning, despite the fact that it was 42 degrees outside with an occasional very light mist. We wore our long-johns and were darn glad we did. We stayed out about 35 minutes and were glad to get back because not only was it cold, there was a north wind blowing. It's been cloudy and threatening rain all day. We are supposed to get snow showers tonight and are under a freeze warning, but the low's only going to be 31.
This is a very small town. There are several abandoned houses around town and several houses for sale. In the "business district", we noted mostly closed and boarded-up businesses. The grocery store was not bad for this little town. They had fresh produce, dairy products, etc. I didn't see any meat. I don't think there would be anything to hold young people here, as the only commerce is farm and ranch-type stuff. There is a feed mill and huge grain elevators beside the railroad tracks.
I'm glad to be moving on tomorrow. We are planning on getting to Salina, KS, as I said. Forecast is for clear to partly cloudy weather. I can handle that. We should be in Pennsylvania in two or three days.
So, nothing much is going on here, thankfully. We're just waiting to get on the road tomorrow!
Have a great one!

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