Allen and I visited Death Valley National Park in mid-March, when it was a comfortable 80 degrees at Badwater Basin (elevation 282 feet below sea level).
We walked a half-mile into the basin then returned to the car to continue our adventures in the vast park.
I kept Death Valley on my weather app, just so I could look at on days like this. Todayâs high there is expected to be 126. It will âcool downâ overnight to 99 degrees. That makes temperatures here in the Grand Valley â 106ish in the day, 70ish overnight â a bit more tolerable, right?
So, how do you like your eggs cooked on the sidewalk? Fried or scrambled?
An Amtrak train struck a trailer at a road crossing between Palisade and Clifton Wednesday afternoon.
Clifton Fire, Mesa County Sheriffâs Department and Colorado State Patrol responded to the incident just before 1 p.m. on Wednesday.
The train had struck a work trailer that was being pulled by a truck at the time of the collision, Clifton Fire Chief Charles Balke said.
The crossing, near 33 3/4 Road and U.S. Highway 6, does not have a crossbar that lowers when a train is approaching like most of the road crossings in that area, Balke said.
However, he said he did not know the circumstances that led to the train striking the trailer.
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