An Auspicious Beginning

On the Road Again!

Dear Friends, As I write this, we sit in a motel in Amarillo under a severe weather alert and torrents of rain pounding around us.  The adventure begins!

We left home early this morning, driving nearly ten hours and arriving in Amarillo around 6:30 this evening.  When we gassed up the truck in Childress,  the temperature was 94 degrees.  The temps began to plummet under increasingly cloudy skies.  By the time we reached Amarillo, it was 67 degrees and pouring rain.  Traffic had slowed to a crawl because of the heavy downpour... and what a lightening storm!  We were so grateful that David had the inspiration to reserve a room in advance... a poor motorcyclist was waiting to hear if he would be turned away when we checked in.

In spite of the flash flood warnings, we are cozy in our room.  Depending on the weather tomorrow morning, we will either drive interstate through Denver or go straight north through eastern Colorado to avoid the storms.  Hopefully, we will make Cheyenne or Casper, Wyoming, tomorrow night.  Then it's on to Idaho for entry into Canada.  It is so great to be back on the road again!