Weather, Again!!!
Written by admin on September 10, 2008 – 9:36 pm -Today is Wednesday, September 10th, and let me start with the weather. Tonight, on the local weather channel, the weatherman indicated that today’s temperature high (59 degrees in the Helena area) was almost 18 degrees below normal and I do believe it. They also said that overnight, there was an additional accumulation of snow in the mountains of 3-5 inches and I believe that, also. We are camped just north of Agusta on some county property that was once the location of the local railroad. Our trailers are parked west to east. At about 9:30 last night, a cold front hit with winds 30-50 miles per hour from the north. The camper was like a rocking chair all night long. It made you think you were in the middle of a hurricane and the rains hit just a few hours later. The wind was so bad that it ripped a strap from Paul’s water tank on top of the horse trailer and almost blew it off. He did get up and “buttoned” up the horses in the trailer for us. The temperature dropped and this morning, it was misty, highly overcast, and the temperature was 34 degrees. Needless to say, I wasn’t going to ride in that type of weather, so I slept for another hour. Therefore….another weather day!! We took advantage of it by driving on up to Choteau to find a location to camp for the next night (which we found at their local recreational area) and then on down Hwy 89 to try to find a location the following night (weather, again, permitting). That will put us about 45 miles closer to the border by this weekend. Luckily, the weather is to make a big change, back to normal and that is temps in the 70’s. From the extended weather forecast, it looks like the weather will hold till we finish. REMEMBER 9/11
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September 19th, 2008 at 6:55 am
Hi Rocky
Just want to send my congratulations on behalf of my husband,Bob Jones, who is currently quarter of the way thro his long ride from Canada to El Paso. He’s now in Nebraska, and all has gone well, except for back trouble. I will be contacting him as soon as we can get cell phone reception, so will let him know you have completed your ride.
He is aiming to complete by December, so,no doubt will contact you then.
Congratulations on achieving this magnificant ride.
Jan Jones(Bob’s wife back in England. Support, back up , and general organiser!)