Holy Smokes! We Drove 1,000 Miles Yesterday!

(Sarah)


After our visit to Hays, both drivers were feeling pretty good (and Prairie Dog Town had closed already) so we decided to push on. We “yelped” our options and post-Oakley, there weren’t a lot of options. We did find one KOA about an hour outside of Denver with some pretty scathing reviews so that’s where we stayed last night. Bonus: We have water, electric and internet –worth the pretty penny before we head out into the wilderness.

***Side note – To all my former students (especially fieldcampers) that may be reading this blog: I’m aware I’m using a lot of passive voice, and academically, that would be marked wrong on a paper. But I’m typing most of these in the car, and quite frankly I don’t care. I just don’t want to be pegged as a hypocrite.

This morning we woke up to a Siamese cat meowing INSIDE of our vestibule. After my initial panic attack that it was rabid and would kill us both, we found it’s pretty friendly – but I’m still not touching it. Now he/she is hanging around the car, watching the blog updates.

Travis woke up feeling pretty sick this morning, Car Pharmacy to the rescue! Between Dayquil, Sudafed and lots of dinosaur bones today maybe we can lift him back up!

The plan for the morning is to drive out to the Morrison Formation (Jurassic dinosaurs) and check out a few bones and footprints. Then we’ll head over Loveland Pass and enjoy some of the front range peaks. The finale of the morning, will of course be breakfast in Idaho Springs, CO (where else!).

Then it’s time for one last check of the car fluids before we head out into the Utah nothingness. We hope to stay at Arches tonight and see Bryce and Zion tomorrow. Internet might be hard to come by, but expect to here from us on Tuesday!