We started out of St George Saturday morning and headed for the North Rim of the Grand Cannon. We left the RV's in a area 41 miles from the top as it is a dead end up at the lodge. So took the Jeep and drove to the top. Very beautiful site but the wind was blowing 30 to 40 miles per hour with gusts higher than that. You could hardly stand up when you went out on some of the viewing areas over the cannon. Well when we got back down to our RV's we hooked up and started down the road to find a camp site. However, the winds were so high it was difficult to drive and it is down a windy road and a gust would hit and it was hard to keep the rigs on the road. We were only 20 miles down the road when things started to happen. At one point Bob and Corky hit a gust and it started to tip their 5th wheel. We were behind about 5 miles and then a gust caught us and Jerry managed to keep it on the road and then the wind caught the cover that goes over the awning that covers the top of our slide and ripped it off and who knows where it landed. Well we stopped and called Bob and told them we were stopped and what happened. They come back and the guys managed to fasten the awning to the frame with duct tape so it wouldn't keep coming out. By gosh that duct tape is good for everything. Then we found out there was wind warnings and we should not be driving so we found a 24 hour gas station which was unusual because we were in the middle of no where. found a few cabins with a restaurant and lounge and then this Chevron station with some cabins. Well they told us there was no overnight parking but do to the wind warning we could dry camp there tell the winds died down. Well Ark and Saw never was able to get out of the car and do any site seeing because they would have blown away.
Barb and Gang.
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