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Sep 15, 2010 - Crossing The Rockies

We decided not to go to Denver so we are taking hwy 50 to cross over the Rocky Mountains. Man am I glad we had five hundred turbo charged horsepower to get over Monarch Pass at 11,312 feet and a two stage Jake brake to come down the other side. It was twenty five miles of 6% grade and switch back road to the top and the same down the other side. Needless to say Mary was not to happy with the twisting and turning road or the fact that when she looked out the window on her side it was a shear drop off of a few thousand feet. Tonight we are...

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Jul 27, 2010 - Southern Colorado

The tourist brochures call Buena Vista and Salida “The Headwaters of Adventure.” The Arkansas River runs through the cities and through the entire valley. There are several 14ers, peaks over 14,000 feet, which entice the serious hiker (that’s not us!) who is interested in “bagging peaks.” Various railroads came through the valley at the turn of the century and cities sprouted up to accommodate them. It is a vibrant area and now the valley is a heaven for kayaking, rafting, ATVing, four-wheeling and hiking. Both cities have taken advantage...

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Jul 16, 2009 - Durango, CO to Howard, CO

Traveling with Carol, Lou & Beau ............... We arose very early this morning to head out to Howard, CO. Because of how we were situated in out site, several helpers appeared to give Lou a hand, getting the truck/RV heading straight out, backing back down the road, and making it possible for him to make a left turn to go over the bridge, leaving Durango. Out stay here was nice. VERY few bugs, after being in Texas for awhile. Beau was happy to not have any of those nasty burr things getting in his feet or on his fur. He told me so!...

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Jun 26, 2008 - Oh No! 4 miles from gas station and we ran out of gas

We pulled out of Council Road RV Park about 7AM on Tuesday, June24. As I mentioned in the last entry, my hope was to reach Raton, NM for a one or two night stopover. Our friend Byron – the husband of Lynda’s classmate Sharon – had lived in Raton about 40 years ago. He told us we would like the area, so that seemed like a good enough reason to check it out. Besides, if we made Raton we would be less than 200 miles from our destination. The drive west from OKC to Amarillo, TX is quite boring and I assumed (correctly, as it turned out) the...

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