Colorado is out

 Spent more time in Colorado and left it wanting.  End of March and it snowed the night before we left.  Headed up the 24 to the 70 and the truck and RV did pretty good in the winds, going from 20-30 mph.  Got and app on my iphone called Drive Weather.  It tells the temperature, wind, and weather along your route, alternate routes and a timeline to look days in advance.  Nice app for $10a year.  Being that we're going to be in the midwest for a while, it will be very handy.  So we went through eastern Colorado and Kansas the last two days.  All flat and uninteresting.  The tress that aren't evergreen are still dormant.  Saw some green on plowed fields but that was about it.  Paying about $4.69 a gallon for diesel.  Tomorrow we head for the Branson area per she who must be obeyed.  We might meet up with James' wife Tabatha in Branson, she had to attend her uncles funeral and will be in the area.  

Out of the Noise and Waste

 Back on the road.  Much has transpired.  Elizabeth's father's passing out a pall on the holidays and created a lot of work for Elizabeth.  It takes a long time to grieve.  Then Elizabeth had to find accommodations for her mother who had to be out of her apartment of 20 years by the end of January.  Limited options but fortuitous circumstances got her a spot with a granddaughter but in Riverside.  Dealing with the government to get Elizabeth's mother resettled took an enormous amount of time and effort.  We were only able to get out of riverside in Early March.  Headed over to Phoenix to stay with Tim and Josie for a few nights.  Then headed to the canyon de Chelly in northwest Arizona.  Spent two days there and toured the canyon.  I hadn't been back for over 30 years.  Amazing place. Then headed to our current location just outside of West Pueblo Colorado.  We're taking a look at Colorado and in particular The general area of Colorado Springs because of what transpired over the holidays.  Elizabeth has an unsolvable problem:  She wants to be near her children and grandchildren and we both want to live in a nice place with a nice climate.  Socal, where her daughter and son currently live, is expensive and hellish.  Her son wants to move back to St. Louis area to be near Tabatha's family and start working on building a rental property empire.  I don't want to live in the Midwest and deal with the winters and the hot humid summers.  Elizabeth thinks Colorado might be a place where her children will see her most often.   It is officially Spring and it is snowing.  We're staying near Pueblo because most RV parks north of here are either closed or have issues with water due to the freezing overnight temperatures.  C'est la vie.

We picked a hell of a time to retire.  Housing prices keep going up and inventory keeps going down.  Gas has gone through the roof, which is a major expense considering towing and traveling thousands of miles.  I was hoping for a .5 increase from the fed last week but only got a .25.  But statements from the fed today indicate a .5 might come in May to help on the inflation front.  This works in our favor because we won't be getting much if any type of loan.  Maybe May will bring some relief to the housing market.