09-16-08 Tuesday (I feel woozy)

The Lone Duck Campground, where we're staying. Nice views.

We had a 10am appointment to drop off the RV to Camping World. The kitties stayed locked in the bedroom as me, Jim and Dasher headed to breakfast at Dunkin’ Donuts. (Jim’s new favorite donut is Buttermilk).

Next on the agenda was a trip to Pike’s Peak. It takes approximately an hour each way to get to the top and back. That doesn’t count the stops at all the scenic viewpoints as well as all the souvenir shops. The trip to me was worth it but also disturbing at the same time. Disturbing? Well, yeah, most of it doesn’t have guard-rails and it was a long ass drop down. Pike’s Peak at its highest elevation is 14,110 feet above sea level. We traveled to that point. The air was thin, we were out of breath and very light headed. Dasher did fine, walking through the snow. Most of it was slush. Jim and I grabbed some alleged famous donuts while at the top. They were good. Yes, I know, donuts twice in 1 day. Go take a Dexitrim pill and get off my back. Where was I? Oh yes, Pike’s Peak. The views were awesome. They also offered a “Cog Train” that rides back and forth. Jim preferred to drive it and it’s unlikely that they would have permitted Dasher on it.

There are so many awesome pictures, here’s another slide show. Remember you can pause them, fast forward, etc. I do slideshows when there’s too many to mix with wording.



We headed to Camping World. They changed the oil and filter in the RV and the generator. They didn’t have the parts in stock to fix the jack. When Jim made the appointment Sunday, he asked the woman if parts weren’t available could they be ordered and installed at the Denver location since we’d be there in a week or so. She said no problem. However, at pick up today, Jim asked the man to call the parts order to Denver and they said they don’t work on jacks. Jim and I were furious. We were told to settle down. Strangely, we did. They took a half hour to get the invoice right. I think that started it. I’m not kidding. A half hour!

Jim had spotted an RV wash prior in the week. We stopped at it and he washed the windshield and front end of all those bugs we're been hauling around. We spotted a doe and a buck walking on the sidewalk in front of the car wash. They ran away when the mammoth RV came by.

When we got back to the campground, we needed to complete the never-ending day of the floor clean up. We emptied the cabin but one basement compartment is still freakin’ wet. We have a space heater going to try and dry it out.

On an offbeat subject, I’ve been meaning to mention that several times on this trip, I do something silly. The first times threw Jim off guard. Anyway, we’ll get home and I’ll say that there are no messages on the answering machine OR I’ll go smoke a cigarette and come back in and say that there’s no mail. Picture it. Really, it was amusing. I just had to share that.

Pictured below, Clea and Dasher caught cuddling...