Tim and I woke with heavy hearts today knowing it was our day to begin heading east and eventually south toward home. We are almost 2,200 miles from home. However once we do get back home we have many exciting things to look forward to so that helps. Plus we are both looking forward to long, hot showers with out a worry of water consumption or how full the holding tank is.
The day was long, boring for the most part. Driving almost five hundred miles can wear you thin while towing - tunnels, steep grades, construction and detours.
The western half of Colorado is spectacular. Our path east on I-70 took us into Colorado through Grand Junction, Vail, Breckenridge, Silverthorne and on past Denver. Ski country for sure. We crossed many spectacular elevations today with steep grades - Vail Pass at 10,666' and Baker Loveland Pass at 11,990'. While making these passes we could view a few higher peak elevations like Mt. Elbert (highest point in Colorado) at 14,433' and Mt. Evans at 14,264' in the distance.
Once we found space to pull over for lunch we realized that this was the best spot ever! The view was breathtaking!!! And the SNOW was a bit unexpected.
There was a little trail there called Wilder Gulch #75. Off in the distance, not to far, snow! Since we live on the wild side . . . we went for it! We're from Florida and don't get to see snow often. Off we went on a hike, crossing a little creek to go play in the snow. Kids!
Eastern Colorado is very flat. The evening landed us in Limon, Colorado. Lots of farmland. Not much here. Image not available.
ELEVATION: 5,377'
TEMPERATURE: 70*
(But was 81* in Denver ... Uggh)
MILES DRIVEN: 443
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