Winds on Lake Mead

It was so windy last night that most of us didn't get much sleep. With a constant wind of around 20-25 MPH and gusts of what felt like 40-45 MPH I spent most of the night cranking down windows, searching for camping chairs, chasing rugs, tying & weighing down anything under 30 pounds. I think I got a total of about 3 hours sleep last night. With the day before being too hot and humid to sleep well, we're all a bit on edge.

The wind is still so strong it's not pleasant to go outside. We dropped the front jacks to help with the rocking of the trailer a bit - Becky and I were getting a bit motion sick with the trailer just hooked to the truck.

Tonight the wind is supposed to die down and with any luck we'll all get a full nights rest. Tomorrow Becky and I will say goodbye to our friend Alan and head North. We're going to make a dash for the California valley over the next 2 days to try to beat a storm that is rolling in on Wednesday sometime. We're shooting for the Redding area by Tuesday night so we can sit out the rain in the relatively mild climate there. Once the storm is past, we'll head North and over the mountains into Oregon.