Colorado Family Visit

Once again we had a great visit with the entire Colorado Teague clan over the Memorial weekend. Erik and Tori have a spare bedroom downstairs that we stayed in so we could park the fifth wheel on the street in front of their home. Saturday is a work night for Erik; when he gets home from work around 7am, he sleeps until about 2 PM. We try to keep the noise level down with the kids. It is also his last night of work before his scheduled two days off on Sunday and Monday.

Late Saturday morning after breakfast, checking out of Lake Standley and before going back to their home with the kids from our camping expedition, we stopped to get an RV propane bottle filled. When we got to the house, Erik and Tori were out on a bike ride enjoying their last hours of childless time and responsiblity. They had a great time together on Friday night going out to dinner on a date while the kids were with us..

I started working on the RV electrical problem. I discovered that the 50A marine fuse from the solar controller to the battery bank had failed. This prevented the solar panel array from charging the batteries on Saturday morning. I replaced the electrical fuse with a marine grade 30A re-set breaker and "Voila", the problem was solved!

Sunday, May 26th Erik, Mattis and I drove into Denver for an afternoon Colorado's Rockies baseball game. This was my 14th MLB ballpark on my quest to visit all 30 major league stadiums. Karen, Tori, Emery and Arley went to the see the movie "IF". Karen and Emery also went on a bike ride on one of the many bike trails in their neighborhood.

After we got back from the game we all had Salmon for dinner then Erik and I started working on the backyard fence that blew down.

Monday was Memorial Day and we finished fixing the backyard fence with the help of one of Erik's fellow workers and son. The four of us replaced three 4x4 posts that had rotted out and re-attached the fence sections to the new posts. We finished in about three hours then cleaned up for a 3PM barbeque across the street at the neighbors. We met Todd and Lisa, their wonderful neighbors and had an enjoyable Memorial Day with family and some new friends.

Tuesday morning after breakfast we hooked the truck up to the RV and got back on the road. The time of our visit was short and flew by, but it was great to spend time with our family. We left some of our restricted gear from the trailer with them before our scheduled entrance into Canada on the way to Alaska. We will return in November, hopefully for Thanksgiving, to spend some more time with them and pick those items up. From Colorado we head north to Douglas, Wyoming for one night then on to Devil's Tower in the northeast corner of Wyoming.