Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Final AZ Report

 Simply speaking....we had a smooth trip home!

First night at Boulder Beach was a warm and windy experience. Temperatures were low 80sF / hi 20s C but the wind across the waters of Lake Mead made walking difficult.

Day two was a good dry drive to Provo UT. We slept in the trailer but winterized our rig the next morning as freezing temperatures are expected as we move north.

Our third night was spent in an hotel in Dillon MT. We encountered showery weather as we passed through the Salt lake City area but it was dry elsewhere. 

We awoke to wet snow and temperatures just below freezing on our fourth day. Fortunately the road surfaces were dry within a few miles and other than some freezing pellets near Helena it was a smooth drive to our last stop Shelby MT (about 30 min S of the US/Canada border).

After scraping frost from our windshield šŸ˜’šŸ˜–šŸ˜ , our border crossing was quick and easy and our last day became sunny and above freezing. We arrived in Calgary in early afternoon having enjoyed the shining, snow-topped Rocky Mountains to our west! There was snow along roadsides, on the fields and in shady areas.

Our day ended very happily as our daughter Janine and grandsons Zach & Magnus brought over supper! Son-in-law Colin was attending a music concert.


Thursday, March 28, 2024

On the Road Again!

 Our drive home starts today.

Our first night is planned for Boulder City/Hoover Dam area SE of Las Vegas. After that, weather will determine our progress; looking at notes from last year, we had to winterize our trailer at the same location as freezing weather was ahead of us.

We may not be able to post our blog as internet/WIFI services will not be regularly available.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Weird Weather Continues

We had a great ride yesterday but the weather was not through with us...

Monday night about 10 PM there arose a great wind that rocked our trailer mightily, blew a palm frond noisily on the roof and brought more rain. Only an hour earlier we had walked home from a scrabble evening and remarked that the sky was quite clear and the wind calm!

The wind (very little rain) continued through the night and into the day with dark threatening clouds and wind constantly changing their formats.

This morning the skies are blue!

Monday, March 25, 2024

24+ Hours of Showers

Rain started Saturday evening as we walked home from playing games with friends in our Park. Since then we have had changeable skies; just when we thought the clouds were moving on, they would build up again and shower - everything from a few sprinkles to a downpour!

Not much fun....

The sky cleared and the sun came out this morning after all that unsettled weather. Think we'll go for a ride!

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Thursday, March 21, 2024

One Week to GšŸ˜¢!

 


We'll start driving back to Alberta on Thursday morning March 28th.

We had another few "rain events" over the past weekend but now things are toasty and dry; hiking and biking while we may.



Friday, March 15, 2024

Calgary Warmer than Apache Junction at 5 pm today!

 At 5 pm today, temperatures were almost identical in both Apache Junction and Calgary???!!!



We had read that Calgary was expecting unseasonably warm weather today but, when Bill was chatting online with his choir friend in Calgary, Bob confirmed the weather predictions. Apache Junction was cloudy with frequent episodes of rain.


Apache Junction  (5pm MST)   48F / 9C

             Calgary  (6pm MDT)                50F / 10C