Today was a 267 mile drive, about 5.5 hours. We headed south on I-25 into Colorado. We had been to Estes Park in May 2019 and almost ran out of fuel on the drive from Loveland to Estes Park after we could not find a gas station we could fit into with the Wanderer. This time we stopped before we got to the US34 turn off and filled up! No Range Anxiety this trip!! Then took US34 through the canyon and into Estes Park. They have reconfigured the main road in Estes Park from a two way to a one way. David had been dreading trying to thread the left turn in Downtown onto US36. But now it was a breeze! The turn was now a double turn lane and taking the outside lane made a big difference. Whew! We are staying at the Elk Meadow Lodge and RV Resort ($106 average per night with GSC discount), the same place we stayed in May of 2019. When we went to unhitch, the hitch would not unlock. Leslie backed the truck up to take the pressure off the jaws while David unlocked it. When David got it to unlock, he yelled out “that’s good” and Leslie thought that meant she should pull forward. Although the weight of the trailer was mostly on the front stabilizers, when she pulled forward, the trailer slid off the hitch and the trucks rear springs unloaded thrusting the trucks tail gate up into the trailer before he could get her to stop. We raised the trailer up and backed the truck up to allow us to open the tail gate. It was jammed but we finally get it to release and finished getting unhitched. When we closed the tail gate it jammed again and we can’t get it to release. There is no visible damage but it is obviously not aligned anymore. So, we will need to get that addressed before we will be able to leave.
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