10 June 2019
“Let’s roll.”
Denver to La Junta, CO (342 km)
The day before the start of the tour, the cold air told me it would likely be a down day. We met up at ten and Bill said that the cold air had cleared out all the good weather, so we went to lunch at Ruby Tuesdays where two of us indulged in a pre-tour dessert called a chocolate falls.
At one we picked up our last guest who had gotten stuck in Dallas due to storms and we headed south, expecting something for the next day in Kansas or the panhandle. As we drove, I could see the planes were casting some interesting shadows on the clouds above us.
When Pike’s Peak came into sight, we pulled over for a few pics.
There was the slim potential of a thunderstorm, so we moved a little farther south and watched the skies while exploring a lot with some old cars in Truckton.
One had hail damage.
We headed out and stopped at an abandoned house.
It was straight out of the fifties.
And worked well as a tumbleweed catcher.
It had some interesting wallpaper.
I started picking at the wallboard and realized it was gyprock. Then someone noted that in the fifties, they used asbestos in the gyprock.
Oops.
There was also a mud hut outside and we wondered if the one next to it was a tornado shelter.
Out back was an old clothesline next to a downed tree.
By the time we were finished exploring, it was obvious no storms were going to form so we continued towards La Junta for the night at the Econolodge.
Not bad for a down day.
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