Once again Gus, Dundee and I are heading south for the winter - well, what feels like winter at least. Last night was 4 degrees in Custer. Today the high is 20 degrees and we are supposed to be in Laramie, WY (high of 23 degrees) watching a football game but even Gus who spent five seasons in Antarctica says it's too cold to sit on metal bleachers for three hours. We've had this game planned for months - who knew that hell would freeze over. The last two weeks have been more like January than October. We've had about a foot of snow in Custer and lows in the single digits.
Now we are leaving on Monday instead. Our first stop is Denver to see Gus' brother and sister then south to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve which until a week ago I didn't know existed! Then on to southern Utah where we'll spend most of October meeting up with friends and camping in various locales until we head to The Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area outside Vegas where we'll also meet up with friends and camp. Camping in Red Rocks is not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Vegas but it's a big hit with the rock climbers and apparently it's nice and warm (average 73 degrees) which will make it a big hit with me.
Dundee knows we are leaving and no matter how many times we tell him that he's going with us he just doesn't get it. Probably because he doesn't he doesn't understand english. We showed him his sleeping bag and "suitcase" but he still follows us around with a pathetic look on his face. I guess that won't change until we load him in the van on Monday morning.
I'll be updating my blog with photos, etc. as we travel - or at least that's the plan! So check back every week or so to see what kind of trouble we've gotten ourselves into :-).
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