We took our time getting things ready to hit the road this morning. One reason was that we knew it was only a four hour drive, the other reason was there was a big storm blowing through and the weather predictions showed it was suppose to clear up by the early afternoon. We hit the road about noon. The wind was still blowing hard (20-30MPH with gusts up to 50MPH) and it looked like we might hit some snow showers around Cuba NM. Once we were on US550, the wind, although gusty, was primarily a head wind so it really was not a big issue for David. We climbed from 5500ft altitude to 7500 feet altitude near Cuba NM and crossed the Continental Divide for the first time since 2019. We drove into a pretty strong snowstorm as we climbed toward Cuba and the temperature dropped. Leslie played like she was asleep so she didn’t have to see the snow. The snow was accumulating to a couple of inches on the roadsides, but the main lanes were only wet. As we dropped in Altitude the snow turned to rain and finally stopped. We pulled into the Homestead RV Park ($32 per night with GSC) in Kirtland around 2:30. The office was closed, but when we called the owner came by to check us in. It’s not a fancy place, just a big gravel lot. Only 8 sites were open for transients, the rest of the sites were filled with work campers. But it is easy to get our big rig into and out of from the highway and it is centrally located for the places we want to visit.
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| Ice building up on the nose cone of the Wanderer |
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