Monday, May 10, 2010

To Seibert, CO

I didn't take any pictures today because there was nothing impressive, to my way of thinking.
We took off this morning about 8:30 from the Terry Bison Ranch south of Cheyenne, WY. Within a couple of miles, we were in Colorado, headed toward Denver. Wow, some of the roads were cement and there was the regular bump...bump...bump...over the joints in the cement, which is experienced prior to the time of year when the cement expands. Man I hate that. I got nervous because the television is up above Gary's and my seat and it was certainly jiggling! I can just see it falling down and hitting us some day. Then, suddenly, we were on asphalt and the road was smooth. We experienced the rough roads several times.
There really wasn't much to see heading from Cheyenne to Denver. It is flat and there are many farms and ranches along the road. Turning east from Denver, we missed the hustle and bustle of downtown Denver. The land gradually became gently rolling hills with trees along the creeks. I think spring is just now getting to Colorado, because the trees were just barely budding out. We did see some pretty farms and ranches.
As we neared Limon, CO, the wind picked up and was blowing hard from the north. Skies were glowering and we figured we were heading into a thunderstorm; but the storm was moving off to the south, to our right.
We had determined that we should "hunker down" for a couple of days here in Seibert, which is 42 miles west of the Kansas border, in order to avoid the severe weather in Kansas. We had a little sprinkle after we got here, but the severe weather has been further to our east, although in the same county where we are located. We have the weather radio turned on and will keep it on all night.
Our RV campground has good wifi and we are finally getting some local programming on their cable network. Seibert is a very small town with a huge grain elevator. We drove around after we got here, and there was one supermarket, which was pretty good sized for this little town. We had to wonder what people here do for a living, and if the young people graduating from high school can even find work here. There's not much going on.
We'll stay here tomorrow and leave Wednesday morning for Kansas. Gary needs a little respite from driving every day. I'm hoping this park is going to be quiet and we won't be able to hear the highway noise. Last night we put on the thunderstorm CD and it was way too loud. We're about 1/2 mile off the interstate in this park.
I'll keep you posted on any new developments! Pray we don't get into a tornado tonight!

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