JELLO

Sunrise Wednesday

You know, JELLO as in "plans written in"?  We had planned to drive back into Denver Tuesday to tour the Molly Brown House, but decided around 8am it didn't make sense to drive 40 miles round trip to see one thing.  You will remember that the Denver Mint was booked up Monday and Tuesday.   

So, we decided to stay in camp....TLE wanted to do some deep cleaning with the vacuum, and I got out my mountain bike and spent about an hour and half riding about 10 miles of the single track that is available within the park.  I thought initially that it would be mostly flat riding, but it was anything but.  A lot of up and down, and a couple of rocky technical sections that tested my skill set.  There are probably 20+ miles of single track in this park, and it is hard pack most of the time so you can cover a lot of ground fast.

After I returned I got out the new grease gun I purchased at Autozone on Monday while we were in Denver and lubed the bearings on the trailer wheels.....the dust caps on each wheel have a grease fitting just under the rubber cap that makes it easy to apply the grease.  Next I installed the new couplers on the new sewer hose I had bought a few weeks ago, so now I can run the sewer line up to 25' if need be.  There have been a few occasions when I could have used the extra 10'.  With our 62' length we are sometimes forced to park the coach too far forward in many pull through sites to reach the sewer connection with our original 15'.  I took care of a few other chores, and then, for the first time on our trip put of the sun screen that attaches to the patio awning.  In our spot we are getting an afternoon sun on the passenger side of our coach, which faces west.  We were expecting some Newell friends, David and Denise, from Denver to come over for cocktails around 4pm, and without the sunshade there would be no shade.  The temp was only in the high 70's, but the Denver sun at this altitude can be very intense.

By the time I got the sunshade up it was time to take a shower and welcome our guests.  We met David and Denise at our first Newell Mini Rally in Austin, TX back in April of 2009.  We hit it off immediately, and then got together again at another Mini Rally in Creede, CO.  When we were in Santa Fe, NM in October of 2010 the drove down from Denver and spent a couple of days.  It has been almost 2 years since we got together, but it seemed just like a few weeks.  We sat and talked non-stop for over 3 hours.  They are still getting over their trip to Europe...still waking up in the morning around 4am, and by 7:30pm they were getting drowsy so we bid them adieu until our next meeting, which we hope will be in Cedar Key this coming January!

Wednesday is get away day.....we will head around 155 miles east to Stratton, CO, and then into Kansas on Thursday.  Just a few weeks until we start punching a clock, literally, at Amazon.com in Campbellsville, KY.  We have loved our three days here at Bear Creek Lake Park, and will definitely come here again when we are in the area.  This is a very comfortable park, and we highly recommend it.  The only limitation is there is no water, or sewer at the sites, but there are several fresh water stations, and a dump station, which we, like most who come in, utilized on our way in on Sunday.

Thanks for stopping by!