Again, not a lot of time for postings on this last leg of the trip...details later, but here's a summary.
Got together with my old college and grad school classmate, Bob Kolesik, and his lovely wife, Dorothy. That's one of the pleasant things about these long trips where you pass through a good part of the continent.
Couldn't get together with Shane today so i moved on.
Goal was to reach KOA just off the highway in Goodland Kansas but dark set in at 5:45 or so. I hate driving in the dark on these trips...new roads, poor visibility in the Defender with equipment all around, etc., and trying to find these camps on strange roads at night is terrible.
After Denver on this return leg, scenery plummets to an interesting level of zero...so i try to make time on the road, but i lose an hour every two days. I try to stay in the cozy but primitive KOA cabins to save an hour a day but by the time i found this KOA the office was closed so i had to pitch the tent and lost time.
Tomorrow we shoot for Kansas City, Missouri, or somewhere near that.. This is when we begin to hit heavy traffic, which destroys all the benefits of the trip, although we had a dress rehearsal in San Francisco, Sacramento and Denver. Oh, for life on the trafficless road.
Photos...
Our camp at Chatfield State Park, Denver. Notice how the sites are set up for those mobile mansions, thus site, 42 by 18. Only three sites of the 50 were available. The others were occupied by two tinters and the rest, you guessed it, RVs.
Chatfield park from the road.
Erde and her new friend Coco at a rest break...she probably met 50 new dogs on this trip. I take a rest stop for Erde every 2-3 hours to make the drive interesting for her.
Photos...
Ed and Erde, On The Road
P.S. Sorry for any errors in this message or posting. The iPad spellcheck is not known for its attention to detail.
1 comment:
Ed, I spoke with you briefly on the east side of Denver at a Shell station. You and your pup were having dinner, and I was on my way home from Death Valley in a dark gray Toyota Tacoma. I wish Kansas had more to offer you on your way east. If you're interested in military history, Fort Riley might be worth a look, and it's right next to I-70.
Nice meeting both of you, and I look forward to reading more of your posts in preparation for my trip to Alaska next year. - Shawn
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