Heat warning on Thursday, wind warning on Friday!

We had planned on leaving Paul's place at 9:00am in order to beat the worst of the winds, but for some reason we were a few minutes later than that. We knew the forecast was calling for wind, but it was supposed to be from the south so we were hoping for a tail wind.

Instead, it came from the west and we had a nasty cross wind that got worse as time went on.

Outside Paul's place, Ruth spotted another scissor-tailed flycatcher....

Off he goes.

We said goodbye to Paul and thanked him for his hospitality. 

We weren't planning on driving that far to begin with, but it would have been nice to make it a little further than we did. We are trying to be in Amarillo for Monday afternoon. It might have to be Tuesday now, but it's not a big deal.

 The most scenic part of our drive. It didn't last very long.

This is what it looked like for most of the way.

The wind got worse, and it wasn't a very enjoyable drive. With about 15 miles to go to the town of Colorado City, I had pretty much decided that was as far as we were going!

We pulled into town and made our way to the local library parking lot where I went inside and asked the friendly lady behind the counter if we could have the wifi password, and she complied with a smile.

It was so dusty just sitting there in the parking lot with the winds swirling around. Online, I read one report of their Ruddick Park allowing overnight RV parking, so maybe that would do.

While we were there, I went back inside the library and printed off the return label for the laptop charger that didn't work. This is the first time I've ever had to return something to Amazon, but it's pretty easy. When you apply for a return, they email you a post office or UPS label. You just print the label off, tape it onto the package, and drop it off at the post office. Fortunately, the post office was just around the corner from the library.

While in the library, I got to talking to the two ladies behind the counter. They thought we could just park in the library parking lot, but I was looking for something a little more scenic. I mentioned the park, and they both thought that was fine, but the police station was right across the road so I figured I would go check with them first.

The police station called city hall (which was on the opposite corner!) but there was no answer so I just walked over there and explained the situation. No problem, they said we could overnight in the city park.

Ruddick Park, Colorado City, Texas.

 Things were different back then.

Ruddick Park.

Sherman, parked by the pond.

By the way, there were no clouds in the sky. But, the sky was not blue. It was this grey hazy color because of the amount of dust stirred up by the wind. Not nice at all, and with a window or two open in the motorhome, everything is covered in grit. 

And it was almost too windy to go for a walk, but we did manage 45 minutes or so outside wandering around the park.

So, we are hitting the road at 7am and hopefully today we will make it to Caprock Canyons State Park... but if the winds pick up again, we will stop. It's really not enjoyable driving in cross winds like that. And either way, the winds are supposed to finish by Saturday evening.

Friday's drive, 75.2 miles (120 kms).

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