Month: February 2020

Tomorrow I head back to Colorado for what, I hope, will be my last “moving” trip. Before I go I wanted to pass along this snow report; current snow levels in NE Iowa.

Last Tuesday, when I arrived, it was snowing. Today the sun is shining and temps are above freezing. Pam asked me to measure how much snow was on the ground after three days of settling. Here is the result:

As you can see, there is about 11 – 12 inches on the level in a part of the walk that is in the sun a lot. One result: the dogs are not running much; they get out and walk around. Poor Bru, who is the shortest, mostly follows existing paths as she does not like her belly to be dragging in the snow.

As we don’t really have a place to park the truck, our 3rd vehicle, a place was plowed out so I could park it off-street.

Weather for the trip back to Colorado should be OK, although it looks like I will be coming in a day behind a storm that is expected to dump some snow in Denver. Hopefully the road conditions will be OK for the round trip.

That’s its for now. Thanks for looking in!

I am in Iowa for a few days. We close on the sale of our De Beque home on February 26, if all goes well.

I retired on February 14. Saturday I loaded up the truck with a few boxes of stuff and hooked up our aluminum open trailer, which had a few items in it that would not get hurt if they got wet, and headed out on Sunday. This trip was necessary to move the trailer, which I had for sale but did not get any buyers.

The last trip will be a joint effort between me and brother-in-law Craig. We will head for Colorado, pick up a U-Haul trailer, and load the last of my stuff, including my Kawasaki motorcycle. Loading should be completed on the 25th. The closing will be on the morning of the 26th, then Craig and I will be on the road; Craig will drive our Honda and I will drive the truck and trailer. We should be back in Iowa on the 27th or 28, depending on weather conditions.

That’s a lot to take in…retirement, closing, a move, and final move in less than two weeks. I will be glad to settle down for a few days once I get to Elma for good! It has been an ever-eventful five months.

The trip that brought me here, with the aluminum trailer, was, well, interesting. I ran through freezing drizzle that built ice up to over an inch on the front license plate and other parts of the truck. Then it began to snow. Elma received between 4 and 5 inches out of the storm, which meant one of my first chores was to shovel snow.

After the essentials were cleared I dug out my parts and pieces and put the snow blade on the John Deere garden tractor. Suitcase weights, tire chains, and blade were put to good use after the City plowed a batch of snow in front of our garage doors. The blade made quick work of cleaning up that mess.

Tonight…Cold. -14 is the forecast, then warming up with highs above freezing through the weekend. Welcome to Iowa.

A few more photos will be posted once I unpack the rest of my computer gear and retrieve my storage drives.