Our trip to Kansas didn't quite go as planned

The weather forecast had been pretty iffy all week; at one time they were calling for 14 inches of snow but by Friday afternoon they were forecasting an inch of snow on grassy areas and the storm would be gone by morning. We prepared for rain and wet roads but expected to be on dry roads by the time we reached Limon Colorado. We didn't make it that far.

It was dry with clear skys when we left Denver but we ran into light rain as we went south to Parker. We encountered snow as we rode into Franktown. As we turned east onto CO-86 the snow was starting to stick to the road, our windscreens and face shields. Within a minute of turning onto CO-86 we couldn't see the road in front of us. I had to reach my hand out and wipe a small patch of snow and ice off one corner of the windscreen to see through.



After slipping and sliding in the snow and slush for several miles we called it off. We'll try again another time.

--Clyde
RMMC Dispatcher
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