Shocking news alert: Bruce woke up around 5:30 yet again and was on the road by 6:30. I slept a little later. To be honest I don’t like to watch Bruce drive. It feels like we’re going so much faster from not-the-driver’s-seat. And I have no control. I know he’s a good driver, but I don’t know what he knows. When I’m driving, I know that I see that car coming up. I drive cautiously. He drives confidently. Enough said. It gives me a great excuse to stay in bed. Which is actually where I am sitting right now. And let me tell you, trying to type in a bumpy RV is not an easy task.
I don’t even know how to describe Utah. Breathtaking? Stunning? Awesome? It was like driving through the Grand Canyon. At the Grand Canyon, we looked down. In Utah, we looked up. Again took a million pics that do not do it justice. The words to America the Beautiful kept running through my mind. Well maybe more a confused medley of America the Beautiful, This Land is My Land and My Country Tis of Thee, because I get the lines mixed up. But it felt very patriotic in my head.
We saw a group of antelope just standing in a field all looking in the same direction. I think they were looking for the range. Because they wanted to play.
I guess I wasn’t paying attention when we entered Colorado. We usually come from the east on I70 so it felt like we were coming in the back door.
There was a sign near West Rifle, CO that said, “Caution Road Heave Area”. I have no idea what that meant. But I drove cautiously and to my knowledge we avoided any road heavage.
I was a little nervous at the thought of driving Harvey through the Rockies. Especially after they got their snow storm Sunday. We checked the road conditions and things looked good. As we got closer several signs indicated that the roads could be icy. I drove cautiously but the ice that was still on the road was chunky and not slippery. Thank goodness! At one point they had road construction too. Because steep, icy, sharp curves were just not enough.
I was a little nervous going through the first tunnel. It was short and easy. By the fourth tunnel, I could have done it with my eyes shut. OK. Not really. But it was not even scary.
That area was so beautiful with the snow setting everything off. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve said beautiful in these blogs, I’d have enough money to pay Harvey’s gas bills. I need a thesaurus. I could google it. But I’d rather just overuse the same word a million times.
We thought the highest point was around 10,000 feet. Once we got there we sighed with relief. And then climbed another 3,000 feet. Our high was 13,030 feet. Wowza! Harvey climbs like I do. Slow and steady. Gotta say I am very proud of him. We weren’t sure how he would do on these steep ups and downs.
When we planned our route home, we were excited that we would be going through Denver. It just felt right that we would be ending our trip at Carmen and Willie’s, since they were an inspiration for us throughout the trip. Their daughter, Danielle was even able to come home from college since she’s doing some of her college classes virtually. Winston and his girlfriend, Breezy happened to stop by just as we were sitting down for dinner. Hmm. What a coincidence. Before they left, we loaded them up with the rest of our BuzzWTR and BuzzWTR goodies. Our BuzzWTR mission successfully accomplished. Then the rest of us looked at Coast2Coast pictures and talked about funny trip stories. Willie gets an A for paying attention to my blog. He may remember it better than I do.
