I was paid in Colorado City until Sunday 11/15/2026, but weather changed my plans. Rain and mountain snow for 11/14/2026.

I wanted to drive back over La Veta pass on dry roads without any residual snow or ice. So … leaving Colorado City today … BUT, I needed to wait for a package delivery so a bit of a late takeoff.

I filled propane at the campground and as that finished, USPS showed up with my package.

AND when I went to pay for propane, I was told that they would refund me for 2 nights. I hadn’t asked knowing there was a “no refund” policy. But WOW, how nice!

I was on my way about 1:30 p.m. Emmett and I had taken 3 walks prior to leaving, but I knew of a nice park just before starting up the pass and we stopped for a long sniff and walkabout …

The drive over the pass was uneventful … dry roads, a smidgen of snow on the nearby ground at the summit. Tomorrow might be a very different story!

The past week I ordered seafood and some frozen berries from my favorite Northwest source. And as I planned on stopping at a meat market deemed 1 of the top 10 in Colorado … in Alamosa … I had fired up my EcoFlow Glacier Freezer which rides in a basement storage bay.

After the meat market stop, I am carrying salmon, cod, scallops, organic berries, chicken, ribeye and ground beef. These bulk orders purchased at a cost savings should do me for some time! Inside, I am full of wheat berries, dried beans and a few items that allow me to prepare LOTS of varied meals for a long time. I should only need to buy fresh produce, dairy and eggs for the next few months.

So … after leaving late, I just managed to arrive at the RV park 20 minutes before the office closed. I picked up some packages that had arrived sub-flood, checked in and paid for a month and then drove over to the nursing home to let my folks know that I was back … then to the grocery for some produce and THEN back to the RV park.

At this writing: 9:21 p.m. on 11/13/2026, I am hooked up to power, packages opened and stored, supper had, Emmett walked, Emmett and Oscar fed … I am pretty much done.

I told my folks that with weather and day after travel day tiredness … I would see them on Sunday. So, tomorrow (Saturday) will be a “get settled’, laundry, nap(s) day. I will not be sad if it rains and/or snows!

Back to this morning. A colorful sunrise for my last day in Colorado City.