June 7th, 2026
.....Well, It's taken exactly one month to recover, repair, and get caught up after a month long Journey thru the Wild-Wild West. And what an Adventure it was. There is no way we can organize these days in proper order so we'll wing it. First Day went as planned, early departure with first stop at a Rest Area in Concordia, Missouri. All Good, with our Vintage Foretravel Motor Coach well prepared, our trailer with the Jeep snuggled up indoors, Christine enjoying the ride with Annie snuggled up beside her we knew it was going to be a Fabulous second day..........Until it wasn't.
About 50 miles or so from our second nite stop ( in Genoa, Colorado )we noticed a cloud formation building ahead. No worries, we are stopping in a bit anyway. BUT.......I see yellow flashing lights in my mirror. ZOOM, ZOOM we are passed by two Storm Chaser vans...no camera on to catch it. But, the clouds are getting lower and stranger looking. So Christine checks the weather channel.....(nothing like waiting to check weather AFTER you are in the storm)...Tornado Warnings in effect with large hail, damaging winds and heavy rain.
Click on VIDEO BELOW for action just as we arrived at our campsite.......
After surviving the night in high winds, heavy rain, and small hail we felt real good missing the tornado that touched town about two inches from us (at least that's what if felt like). So off we go the next day with Lower Onion Creek Utah in our sites for a quiet campsite right on the Colorado River and all is going Great..........Until it Ain't........
But we only get to the Rockies and Red lights start appearing ahead......Story details in VIDEO ABOVE.
That's smoke in them thar hills >>>>>>
2 hour delay, both sides of I-70 are closed.
They finally turned us around and sent us back to Glenwood Springs.....now a tiny mountain town totally packed with cars...
AND us.
June 9th, 2026
SO, after being delayed one nite in Glenwood Springs due to the Mountainside Fire we are now able to continue on to Onion Creek Utah. And one would think we are over the travel problems and ready for some rest and relaxation at our campsite. FAT CHANCE........We are in a very hot and dry area of Utah, and the Coach Generator wouldn't start...we are in a BLM dispersed camping with no services....we have to get that generator started to have Air Conditioning. No A/C = no sleep. So after crawling around in the sand (with wind blowing 15-20 knots) I removed the under belly panel to access the generator and jump started it. Hallelujah, we have power = A/C. Later diagnosis = bad relay in control box.
Well, now maybe we can get to some serious Off-Road Adventures with a ride up Onion Creek....
see VIDEO BELOW for some trail activity...
Ready for an Easy day tomorrow.......Don"t count on that Chafton
After riding all day in almost 100 degree temperatures we arrive back at camp and notice Anti-Freeze all over the fenders of the Jeep....now what? Seems the upper tank on the radiator has a 4-5 inch split in it.
June 11, 2026
So off to Moab tomorrow and back to fixing something.
And, just like that.........(Actually about four hours due to some modifications we had to do)........Kevin and I replaced the Jeep radiator with a new one at the campground in Moab. So far nothing has stopped us yet. .................see VIDEO ABOVE and BELOW for details and the following Trails.
Hell's Canyon.........Shafer Trail.....Sand Flats
Fins and Things.......Long Canyon.....ETC.
Kevin, another one of our Best MudBuds....
and rock formations that will blow you away.
June 16, 2026
Today we made it to Lake City, Colorado. Camping with full services in a beautiful little mountain town.
Might even get to chill out a while, dinner with the Queen, River walks along the Colorado River, visit to the local Bakery, practice with Kevin's drone in the park (that's a hilarious story in itself,) visit the Sportsman Tackle Shop, have a drink with some Texan's down the street. (we learned a lot there) etc.
Click on VIDEO BELOW for the Nickel Tour
The Grand Finally.........THE ALPINE LOOP .....will be in the following Blog Story
and it might contain that very expensive trip to Texas.......stay tuned!!!!!