Sorry we didn't post anything yesterday. I think it was the longest day of the entire trip. It wasn't bad...just long. Got up early at our comfy hotel and headed to Rocky Mountain National Park, which was breathtaking. From there we drove some winding mountain backroads to just outside of Denver. There, we drove to the top of Mt. Evans, wich is over 14,000 feet! Narrow roads plus high mountain plus no guardrails equals fun/scary times. When we got to the top we were feeling adventurous and decided to hike to the summit. Man the air is thin at that elevation! If I'm in bad shape back home, lets just say I'm almost an invalid up there. It was worth it though, to literally stand in and above the clouds.
After that, the plan was to spend the night in Denver. But after dinner, we decided we were ready to get home so we started the long drive. The GPS said it was faster to go through Kansas and then cut south, so that's the plan. About 1 a.m. we decided to stop in Western Kansas to get a room. Apparently, there is some kind of car race nearby and EVERYBODY in the entire state decided to come stay in hotels there. After looking for 2 hours we finally found a nasty little place in Oakley that had a room. We were so tired we didn't really care how gross it was. At least we didn't see any bugs.
Slept in and had a big breakfast. Now for the exciting task of driving across Kansas and Oklahoma. It was fun, but bring on my comfy bed!
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