More Snow In The Forecast Tonight - Good Grief!

(Cripple Creek, Colorado) 24 degrees, snow, gusts of wind, occasional hail

Who would have thought - a snowstorm in May!  Most of our friends have enjoyed telling us about their spring and almost summer like temperatures.   Here we sit in the middle of a snow storm.  Oh, and did I mention gusts of wind around 40 mph and some hail.  We knew it would be cooler here in Cripple Creek but not this cold.  :) A few more inches are predicted tonight and hopefully that will be it. 

So, we decided to stay inside.  We are keeping warm and have been watching the storm come up over the valley.  Good thing we get propane at cost  We are also using an electric heater. 

We put a couple of bird feeders outside a couple of days ago and today a few birds decided to check them out.  These are new birds to us. 

Black Eyed Junko

White Crowned Sparrow

The sparrow looks about as happy as I am about this weather.  It was fun to watch them at the bird feeders. 

Update on the leak:  John was convinced it was the Splendide washing machine.  He took everything out of the closet and moved the washer partially out of the closet.  He found that the water seemed to be under the filter.  This filter is located in the lower right hand corner of the front panel.   It screws out and needs to be cleaned frequently. It is a messy job and one I have probably not done as often as needed. 

He found a tiny fuse had worked its way into the filter and was not allowing it to close tightly.  It probably was in his pocket.  I've ran several loads of wash since the "fix" and no leak.  What a weird thing to happen but he did a great job figuring it out.  We also found another filter in the back of the washing machine.  Who knew?  RVing life has its learning curves!

We are researching workamping options for next summer.  John's sister is going to be Vermont teaching at a local college.  She would like for us to find something in this area.  The Hudson Valley area would be ideal.  If anyone has suggestions for us, please let us know. 

It seemed like a good day to cook.  At the FMCA rally in Perry I attended a class on convection cooking.  The instructor (Janet Sadlack)  talked about using the microwave/convection oven setting for

cooking meals in less time.  I had not tried it yet and had purchased one of her cookbooks-Easy Microwave Convection Cooking.  I decided to try her meatloaf and oven browned new potatoes recipes. They both came out really well.   John called them a "keeper". 

The most important thing to remember is to remove your metal rack and to cook in glass or silicon baking dishes.  The microwave runs part of the time so its important to not use any metal type materials.  If you would like the recipe just send me an email. 

Hopefully we will have better weather tomorrow.  I don't think we will have any campers this weekend.