We woke this morning hoping to gaze out our window and see a clear view of the Rocky Mountains, near Denver. Instead, all we could see was blowing snow and more snow. No downtown Denver skyline and no sign of any mountains! As a matter of fact, it would be almost 6 hours until we caught a glimpse of a few of the foothills of these majestic mountains.
Once we found a suitable detour leaving Denver (after our northern highway was closed) we picked up I-80 in Cheyenne, WY, for the long journey west. For the first four hours, it was a grueling drive, with snow, 30 mph winds and ice covering the interstate-top speed at times was 25 mph-along with dozens of truckers. It wasn't until we reached Rock Springs that the snow finally ended, and we actually saw the sun for a bit.
As we left The Cowboy State and entered Utah, the skies began to clear, and finally, Tyler finally got to see his Rocky Mountains! As we approached Park City, and our final destination today, Salt Lake City, we were simply thankful we had a safe trip. Tomorrow is another day, and we hope we can slow down just a bit and enjoy some of beautiful surroundings!
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| Our first glimpse of some of the Rocky foothills, near Medicine Bow NF, WY |
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| My new moose friend in Park City, UT |
Safe journey my friend! Look on the bright side at least you are in a good car not a run hand-me-down Suburu that could not run the lights and wipers at the same time!
ReplyDeleteYou got that right Boudman! But it sure would be fun trying! BTW, we think we saw a small herd of Buttlecrumbers in NW Kansas, but we didn't have Weaver to confirm our sighting!
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