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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

September 9, 2014 Rifle Falls to Fort Collins

It rained off and on all night, but it had stopped when we got up this morning. We took Penny for a walk on the Squirrel Trail which starts off through the tent camping area. It was very pretty – a bit muddy – but pretty. When we got back to the RV the rain started up again while we were having breakfast and showers, so luck was with us.

We had to stop at the Rifle Gap campground since there was no dump station at Rifle Falls campground. Once again, the rain almost stopped while we were dumping and started up as we finished. All to prove Tobey’s saying “you’ve gotta get lucky once in a while”.

We took the county road past Harvey Gap State Park and back into New Castle and onto I-70 eastbound for Denver. It was a beautiful drive, even through the road was quite narrow and winding. The clouds hung in the valleys and, of course, it rained.
Back on I-70, we were able to increase our speed from 25mph so we could make pretty good time. We stopped near Vail Pass Summit for lunch.
We were surprised at how many trees at the 10,000 foot elevation were starting to sport their fall golds and reds. It was beautiful.
Near Frisco and the Eisenhower Tunnel we had road construction slowdowns, but Tobey brought us safely through it. We arrived home with a list of repairs to the RV that will need to be attended to …. the microwave jiggling loose, the refrigerator temperature not holding, and the leak to the front of the RV onto the bed reappearing. I guess every journey has a price!

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