Richmond to Phoenix, Day 6, Part 1 Roosevelt to Shreveport

January 2, 2012

Day 6. Roosevelt State Park to Shreveport

Depart: 9:20 a.m.  41deg. Sunny

Arrive: 2:45 pm. 51 deg.  Sunny

Distance Today:  251 miles

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Miles driven from Richmond to Shreveport: 1,161
Miles remaining from to Shreveport to Phoenix: 1,274

OK, it's time to get on the road again! 

Michael's finishing up with the trailer preparations.

It's a brisk morning, with the breeze!  Forty-one degrees doesn't sound cold

but I am bundled up and wearing leather gloves, and my hands are still quite cold.

I've taken a lot of pictures of the breaking down of camp --- all the steps of readying

the rig for the road.  One of these days I'll put them on a separate page in this blog,

as most of you won't be very interested in the details.  It is an important part of our

operations, though. The details are important--- life and death important, perhaps!

Last minute check.

Pulling out of our site.

Here's what it's like!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO-GIOZs2OU

This will be slow going, so let it start uploading and then

just push the pause button and wait for it to load. Come
back in a minute or two.  After that you can view it smoothly.

This is a GPS view of the park, showing where we've been situated.

When we leave Richmond our friends envision

sunshine and warm weather for us.

It all sounds idyllic. The truth is, we often have temperatures below freezing

at night, and so we have to shut the water off and can't get on the road

till it warms up to 32 deg. In parts of Texas and especially New Mexico,

sometimes we can't even take walks; the wind blowshorizontally and

temperatures are freezing.  On those days we waittill it gets warm enough

and then we move on, even if we had planned to stay.

Sometimes we just hunker down and rest.  We use the water pump,

keep the glides out for space and stay warm...

...and figure out ways to entertain ourselves...

  

In celebration of the New Year, I'm wearing sparkly socks

Robin gave me for my birthday. You can't really see how they sparkle here,

but trust me, they do.  If I ever get on a swing at night, I'll wear these and

get lost in the stars on the upswing!