Bad news ... about 13 miles from Middlegate Station, facing a 30mph crosswind and holding about 50mph headwind, that combination proved to be too much for the fiberglass roof. It was literally sucked up and off the top of the RV, peeling back about 4 feet from the front cap and banging back onto the air conditioning unit, which fortunately kept it from blowing completely off.
With not much room to pull off, but we slowed and made it to a small pull-out where I proceeded to assess the damage. It would not be repairable ... I started to duct tape it down as much as possible but the wind was so strong it became difficult to stay on the roof. So, we headed out again only to get about a 1/4 mile when everything came loose again, this time fracturing-off a 3-foot piece of roofing that went flying off into the brush.
We pulled off again and waited for Justin and our friend Larry to arrive with more duct tape and "ideas" on how to get us 13 more miles.
After much more tape and a slower speed of 40mph, we made it to Middlegate Station. We plan to stay here 2 nights and then head home. We were so looking forward to the trip ... Very disappointed, but not much else to do except head home the 200 miles and begin repairs. :-(
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