A month ago I wrote about some cold weather in Arkansas when it was hovering around 40 and we were bundled up like Eskimos to avoid frostbite, hypothermia and other cold-related ailments. Well, it is a different place and a different type of cold here in Colorado. When we left Colorado four years ago to start our "road trip" it had been below zero, snow was on the ground which had no possibility of melting and a vehicle which was unstartable and unable to be lived in by novice RV'ers. We did manage to get a break when the temperature crept above freezing, we were able to crank up the diesel and headed south into an ice storm in North Texas, settling in for five days of real Eskimo-like survival.
This trip back to Colorado has greeted us with our first snow since 2013, temperatures in the 30's during the day, prospect of high teens at night and predictions of more of the same to come. But with some experience under our belt, space heaters and back-up space heaters, a full tank of propane and multiple layers of hoodies and extra blankets, we are bearing up pretty well and getting done what we came here to do. With no real timetable, we are actually enjoying the change of pace and the change of scenery, but our old stomping ground is changed: now more hectic, with more people, more traffic, a different political and social climate and a place we don't feel as "at home" in. We'll be here until at least next Monday, finishing up our "business" visiting friends and family, going to our "home church" and then we'll see what happens.
I think we've grown in the past four years, more aware of what is important, Who is more important and how blessed we are, even when we are hunkered down, bundled up and dripping water to keep the lines and pipes from freezing. Yes.......blessed.......and grateful. Thank You, Lord.
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