DUST STORM

YESTERDAY MARY HAD THE DAY OFF AND WE ROLLED OUT THE SCOOTER AT 11 AM FOR A TRIP UP TO LAUGHLIN AND THE LIBRARY. WE FOOLED AROUND LAUGHLIN FOR A FEW HOURS IN SEARCH OF OUR 10,000 STEPS AND PLAYED A FEW SLOTS.

IT WAS A HOT AFTERNOON SO WE WERE IN SHORTS AND T-SHIRTS. ON THE TRIP HOME WE WERE ONLY 1 MILE FROM THE RV PARK AND I POINTED OUT TO MARY A DUST STORM HEADED ACOSS THE VALLEY JUST AHEAD OF US. THE PATH OF THE STORM AND US ON THE SCOOTER WERE ON A COLLISION COURSE. AT ONE HALF MILE FROM HOME THE STORM HIT WITH 50 – 60 MILE AN HOUR WINDS. WE WERE FORCED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LITTERALLY DUCKED DOWN BEHIND THE SCOOTER FOR PROTECTION FROM THE DUST, SAND, AND ROCKS PELTING US. THE STING ON OUR LEGS WAS NOT COMFORTABLE AT ALL. VISIBILITY WAS ZERO AND WE WERE BOTH THANKFUL FOR OUR HELMETS AND FULL FACEMASK SHEILDS TO PROTECT OUR HEADS AND EYES.

AFTER 10 MINUTES A CAR STOPPED AND WE WERE THANKFUL TO STAND BEHIND THE CAR FOR MORE PROTECTION. AFTER 20 MINUTES WE WERE ABLE TO SLOWLY PROCEED THE LAST HALF MILE HOME THANKFUL FOR THREE WHEELS INSTEAD OF TWO OR WE WOULD HAVE BEEN BLOWN OVER.

AT HOME THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO OUR TRAILER, BUT THE POWER WAS OUT AND REMAINED OUT FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING.

TODAY I HAVE TO HOSE THE DUST AND DIRT OFF THE SCOOTER AND SWEEP THE GRAVEL AND DUST OUT OF THE TRAILER.