Geologically speaking, our world got very flat once we left the front range but it was a lot easier driving on flat, straight interstate 76. We settled into the Cabela's campground in Sidney, NE between the retail store and corporate headquarters.
Trip Log
September 17, 2007
September 15, 2007
We went to Boulder to tour Celestial Seasonings tea company. We also revisited the city but kept the visiting to a minimum because the Buffs play Florida State tonight and there are a lot of fans in town. We then drove back into Denver and toured Hammond's Candies and then drove through downtow
September 14, 2007
We drove across the mountains on route 40 and picked up I-70 about 25 miles west of Denver. We crossed the continental divide at about 11,200 feet. It was a lot of climbing and descending but the views were great. We settled in at Golden and hiked on Dinosaur Ridge, a park we used to go to whe
September 13, 2007
Today was a quiet day in Steamboat. We woke up to frost but it warmed up to 80 during the day. We did what we wanted to do, I fished and prospected for gold on the Yampa and Alesa rock hounded. I caught a few good sized ones but put them back and have a few flakes of shiny yellow stuff. I'm s
September 12, 2007
We visited with Kate at her house and then took a hike up to Fish Creek Falls, went up to the ski village and toured downtown.
September 11, 2007
Woke up to 33 degrees outside this morning and it felt good but we did use the fireplace during breakfast. After a hot shower we drove across more of Wyoming and then headed south to Craig and then east to Steamboat. The trip was much flatter than expected. There were antelope everywhere until
September 10, 2007
We drove through the rolling expanse of Wyoming with the Colorado mountains off in the distance. We drove through canyons and badlands. We are now at the Rock Springs KOA. Spoke to Kate today and will call her when we get into Steamboat Springs tomorrow. She should have some time tomorrow eve
September 10, 2007
We left Wells early today because we were traveling so far and were going to lose an hour as we moved into mountain time. We traveled through the mountains of eastern Nevada and all of a sudden it opened up into the salt flats. The last time we passed through here with Mike & Jeff, there wa
September 8, 2007
We hopped on I-80 and drove through 175 miles of the Great Basin. Mile after mile of large dried lake beds. We are now in Winnemucca (Say it!). We are at the same campground we stopped at over 20 years ago with Mike & Jeff when it was a KOA. It is pretty calm today but back then it was so
September 7, 2007
We crossed the mountains again today but the road wasn't as steep or winding. There was a haze all day due to the wildfires near Susanville and it got worse as we got closer. We couldn't get a good picture of Mount Shasta or of Mount Lassen when we stopped at the volcanic park. Mt.