Day 5 June 27th , 2012:
Good evening from Limon, Colorado…
Today was a drive day across Kansas and into Colorado...~550 miles.
The drive was spectacular to say the least. It is absolutely AMAZING, as soon as you cross into Kansas; it becomes a whole new world! BIG, BIG, BIG…not as flat as you think. Similar to Nebraska, you climb about 3,000 feet but you never climb any mountains. Today, we did a detour down Rt. 24, to go see the largest ball of twine, very geeky, but very cool to see! Not so cool outside, the temperature was over 100 deg’s all day, and for several hours we were at 115 deg., until we hit a little rain at the Colorado boarder, and the temperature finally dropped to 90 deg. For the 500 miles across the state we had 50 – 65 mph winds that tossed us around like we were a rag doll, which is a feat since we weigh 47,000 lbs! Needless to say, it was a tough day fighting the wind, but the sites make up for everything. I still cannot get enough of the states out here, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and Montana, they truly define the word VAST! Those that have followed us in the past know I am still amazed when you can see the earth curve while driving, and as I ALWAYS say, unless you see it, you can’t image what it’s like. To see that much open land with no obstructions is mind boggling even after all the years of seeing it and today was no different. I tried to capture it in one of the images, but it does it no justice. The other staggering thing is how they divert traffic with no divider at 70 mph, as the picture below shows. 1st time we did it I was like “Are you kidding me!”, now it seems so normal…until you pass a truck doing 70 in the opposite direction and you can pass sugar to each other through the windows! We also made our official 1st stop at a Wal-Mart! Always an experience in different states....
On a personal note, today was an interesting day as it related to work, which sort of hindered my ability to soak up all the sights, but what I was able to soak up was amazing, and the support I received made the day almost bearable…so THANK YOU to you all who know who you are!
Tomorrow we head to the Royal Gorge…the number 1 bungee jumping bridge in the world. We will not be doing that, but God willing some zip lining and other fun stuff…unless today’s events roll into tomorrow, then Patty and the boys will enjoy, and I will watch…let’s hope that is not the case. Dad can use some fun with the kids.
On a closing note, as we drove through Flint, Kansas, Nicholas asked if we could get a couple of Flintstones, I asked him if he knew what would happen if you had two Flintstones, he said what, I said you get a Pebble…I had to explain the joke, but we made fun of me for a while so I think it was a pretty good off the cuff one liner.
Well, enough of me babbling…Have a great and Blessed day!
Geeky, but it's all about the Geek factor!
Not sure if you can guage the scale...but this carry's on to the left and right for MILES...if you can imagine the middle of this is the middle of the curve. No obstructions for miles!
You can get a sense of the scale...with our Angry Birds all enjoying the view
At least 200 miles of views like this...nothing like this on the East Coast!
We are going 70mph...as you can see to the right the West Bound lane is under construction...you drive at least 10 miles like this...Safety what?
Michael, getting creative with his photography...
Michael showing us the ending of another Blessed Day!
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