Day 8 (Hail)

Today it rained and hailed and rained and hailed again. We were all pretty tired from traveling, so we really did not mind spending a day in the camper. We watched a movie, played cards and read. It stopped raining around 3 and we thought the rain was gone for the day. Around 5 Colleen and Alyssa decided to do some laundry. A few minutes after they left it started to hail. Colleen drove back to the camper because she thought we were going to blow away, but we were fine. We hade pasta, with spaghetti  sauce, green beans, peaches, and salad for dinner. It was cold out so I turned the heat up before we went to bed. Some time around midnight it started to hail. There is nothing as loud as a popup camper in a hail storm. Because it had been raining the end bunds of the camper were soaking wet, and when the hail started it was knocking the water off the canvas onto us. I got up and put towels on everyone to keep them dry. Around 3:30 AM. The battery for the furnace died and we had no heat. It was a long cold wet night.

We were able to go 4 night in Colorado with temperatures in the 40’s at night and the battery never died, but we were only able to get 2 night in Wyoming before the battery died. So I guess you can’t keep the camper at 60 when it is 30 outside.

When we were driving to Wyoming Ashley blurted out “For some reason I thought we were almost home, I don’t know why I just did.”