Friday, March 8, 2024

I slept 7.32 hours, checked in to 5 places, took 31 photos, and walked 3.87 miles. I was in Nebraska, Colorado, and Utah.

12:05 am

Fell asleep

8:02 am

Woke up after sleeping 7.32 hours

8:11 am

Checked in at Plaza 80, North Platte, Nebraska

8:30 am

Interstate's still closed... gonna try the back roads.

9:57 am

Checked in at Hi-Line Cooperative, Elsie, Nebraska

10:49 am

Made it to Colorado. These back roads were sketchy af.

11:46 am

Backroads clearing up on the way to Sterling. Interstate is still closed.

12:58 pm

Checked in at Kum & Go, Keenesburg, Colorado

1:36 pm

Kari's adaptive cruise control sensor was frozen and gave me a collision warning every time that I passed someone else on the interstate.

1:55 pm

The fog and snow made the trees pretty incredible as we pulled into the Rockies

2:00 pm

Idaho Springs

2:45 pm

Durby is ready to cuddle

3:16 pm

Another snow storm, stopped traffic, and a fire truck on i70. Sweet.

3:28 pm

Kari takes Durby for a walk on i70

3:50 pm

Jack knife boyz

3:50 pm

Thanks for setting us back another hour, semi boyz

3:57 pm

First time driving this far west on i70. The weather / climate changes through the Rockies are wild.

4:04 pm

Checked in at West Vail Shell, Vail, Colorado

4:09 pm

All gangsters are silly

4:21 pm

Feels very good to be past the weather

4:27 pm

Western Colorado driving

4:29 pm

The mountain curves are so much more relaxing past the weather and traffic

4:39 pm

Curves

4:48 pm

Glenwood Canyon was very cool. I want to drive through again.

4:50 pm

Driving through Glenwood Canyon. I didn't get any photos of the coolest parts.

5:51 pm

Driving along the Colorado River

6:04 pm

Weird landscape around Grand Junction

6:48 pm

The desolate start of Highway 128

6:57 pm

Utah Curves and Mounds

7:08 pm

Mesas at Dusk

7:12 pm

Driving through the Moab canyons

7:15 pm

I did not expect highway 128 to be so crazy

7:17 pm

The Mesas in moab are just gigantic

7:35 pm

Checked in at Red Cliffs Lodge, Moab, Utah

7:40 pm

Intended to get to our Moab cabin well before dark... We sorta made it.

7:40 pm

The view in front of the cabin

7:44 pm

The Colorado River in the back yard

8:29 pm

When in Utah...

11:28 pm

Fell asleep