Colorado - Missing Lucy

Yesterday was a sad morning as we had to close up Lucy, move many of the items inside her into Lou, the trailer, and then drive her the 3 miles to Transwest and their service Department. Lucky for us they had a spot to park Lou as well so we could then go and find us some lunch and subsequently a Hotel that would be pup friendly.

We got lucky on both, a yummy lunch and the Microtel by Windham for our stay. They accept dogs for an additional fee of $25 per dog…… oh well.

I admit everything is going as smooth right now as we could hope for, considering the circumstances of why we are here instead of playing gypsies. So there is nothing to complain about at all but tell that to my heart! All day yesterday I was sad and anxious. It hurt having to leave Lucy at the shop, I felt edgy sitting in a hotel room. I was just not a happy ‘camper’ even thought in my brain I know this is something that had to happen.

We now lived in Lucy for over a month, actually 5 weeks now, and she is in every way our home. I love living in her, she is cozy but functional, she is quaint and comfortable. She is our cottage on wheels indeed. Even driving her is becoming a joy for me. I am calculating that by  now I have about 20+ hours with her and my confidence has been improving a lot. I do very well on the road now, feeling her moods and I have been passing now as well as keeping up with some Semis. One Semi especially, who was my ‘Pilot’ car for many miles leading us from 287 to I40. I felt we made a great team.

I also park her now, as long as I don’t have to back her up. I can even pull her into the fuel line at Truck Stops but that’s when Ron still takes over. He fuels and parks. 

So now we are waiting…. 

Waiting to hear from Transwest who told us yesterday they might be able to solve the maintenance issues by this afternoon. 

Waiting to see if the collision repair peoples will show up to give us an estimate and timeline….

I dislike waiting and I just want our baby girl back. Oh and did I mention yet it is cold up here? 5 weeks away and I come back to -2°Celsius temps this morning. I will start working on mapping our escape soon. Not East as that looks like messy weather with the tornadoes. Not north as it is still to cold for us. So that leaves us with south or west…… let’s see as one thing that keeps my anxieties at bay is being proactive.