SaltyAdventurer
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Departed Greenwood Village today (Tuesday, May 28) after having 2 emergency visits by a plumber. Last night as we eased into our final tasks, with the thought of leaving quite early this morning, Murphy's Law kicked in big-time. The garbage disposer(s) threw a tantrum--clogged and stopped working. Then everything backed up....dirty water full of garbage began bubbling up through both drains, but even worse, that same awful stuff began pouring by the gallons out of the cabinet beneath the kitchen sink onto the cherrywood floor. Yikes! 25 sodden towels later the flood had abated.
First visit by the plumber at 8 am seemed to fix the problem(s). But a few minutes after he left, Don was doing dishes and the whole scene repeated itself. Called plumber to request he return immediately. Long story short: Despite using a 50 foot snake 4 times, pipes far away in the basement remained clogged. We'll have to have things fixed properly when we get home. Until then, I taped 6 warning signs everywhere around the sink & faucet: DO NOT USE!
So we finally launched our Rollin Home northward at 12:25 pm, 3 hours after we had planned to leave. YAHOO, we're embarked on The Great Alaska Adventure!! Feels soooo good to be on our way, finally.
We zipped up I-25 to Casper, Wyoming, and rolled into our campground at exactly 6 pm. Not bad. We just finished having cheese & crackers w a bit of caviar to celebrate...and wine, of course!...followed by a green salad with chunks of grilled chicken/maple sausage.
We never had rain along the way today, but drove under intermittent black clouds several times. As we drove north of Cheyenne, Wyoming, i could see in the rear view mirror a splendid full rainbow, very broad and colorful. What a good omen for our 110-day trek.
The sun is out and the skies are clear. Breezes are lovely. We're alongside the river near Casper at River's Edge RV Park. Good place! Decent price, gorgeous showers, very clean. I'm going to get busy unpacking "stuff" that I still have in duffel bags, and stowing it away in cabinets. Don is disappointed he can't get the NBA Miami-Indiana playoff game on cable TV here. But we've settled in, taken walks, and it's mellowing-out time. Yawn.
Everything unpacked...and would you believe it?...we still have 1 totally empty cabinet over the driver's seat and 2 large empty bins in rear cabinets. Miracles DO happen! Don swore I was taking enough clothes and accessories for 8 months on the road. Who, me? This Itasca Reyo has an enormous amount of storage space in it...I'm really impressed! I love this Rollin Home...best vehicle we can imagine. Even all the "extra" food I brought packs away neatly in cabinets above and below. Amazing. And of course we always carry 4 gallon-size bottles of fresh water with us , just in case!
Night all! More news tomorrow from Dubois, Wyoming, on our way to the Tetons. (Pronounced due-boys, by the way...no Frenchie stuff up here in cowboy country.
Klondike Susie (aka Salty Adventurer)
First visit by the plumber at 8 am seemed to fix the problem(s). But a few minutes after he left, Don was doing dishes and the whole scene repeated itself. Called plumber to request he return immediately. Long story short: Despite using a 50 foot snake 4 times, pipes far away in the basement remained clogged. We'll have to have things fixed properly when we get home. Until then, I taped 6 warning signs everywhere around the sink & faucet: DO NOT USE!
So we finally launched our Rollin Home northward at 12:25 pm, 3 hours after we had planned to leave. YAHOO, we're embarked on The Great Alaska Adventure!! Feels soooo good to be on our way, finally.
We zipped up I-25 to Casper, Wyoming, and rolled into our campground at exactly 6 pm. Not bad. We just finished having cheese & crackers w a bit of caviar to celebrate...and wine, of course!...followed by a green salad with chunks of grilled chicken/maple sausage.
We never had rain along the way today, but drove under intermittent black clouds several times. As we drove north of Cheyenne, Wyoming, i could see in the rear view mirror a splendid full rainbow, very broad and colorful. What a good omen for our 110-day trek.
The sun is out and the skies are clear. Breezes are lovely. We're alongside the river near Casper at River's Edge RV Park. Good place! Decent price, gorgeous showers, very clean. I'm going to get busy unpacking "stuff" that I still have in duffel bags, and stowing it away in cabinets. Don is disappointed he can't get the NBA Miami-Indiana playoff game on cable TV here. But we've settled in, taken walks, and it's mellowing-out time. Yawn.
Everything unpacked...and would you believe it?...we still have 1 totally empty cabinet over the driver's seat and 2 large empty bins in rear cabinets. Miracles DO happen! Don swore I was taking enough clothes and accessories for 8 months on the road. Who, me? This Itasca Reyo has an enormous amount of storage space in it...I'm really impressed! I love this Rollin Home...best vehicle we can imagine. Even all the "extra" food I brought packs away neatly in cabinets above and below. Amazing. And of course we always carry 4 gallon-size bottles of fresh water with us , just in case!
Night all! More news tomorrow from Dubois, Wyoming, on our way to the Tetons. (Pronounced due-boys, by the way...no Frenchie stuff up here in cowboy country.
Klondike Susie (aka Salty Adventurer)