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Today we took a scenic, icy, drive through the Rocky Mountains. I know I have described green trees, desert, large rocky mountains, rivers, windy roads, and more green trees. Yes, that is the Rocky Mountains. It was worth the absolutely freezing ride. I am just running out of descriptive words. Colorado is beautiful. Not everywhere. I keep waiting for the freeways, the interstates, the traffic jams, and pollution, but we have been here for a while and there is a lot of open land. Europe could fit nicely into one of the spaces we saw today. There are not a lot of cars on the road, even today, and it is Saturday. We stopped to warm up and have coffee and hot chocolate in some small town and realized we were really close to Steamboat Springs. This was lucky because the weather is so iffy. The thing is, as you are riding, you are in and out of black clouds. It is like gambling. Without the money. Will we get drenched, will we make it to the next sunny spot, will lightening hit us this time?
Which bring up last night. I almost forgot. We had the loudest, biggest, largest, hugest, thunder and lightening storm either one of us has even encountered. Why the roof is still on the Saddle and Surrey is beyond me. George even got up to watch the lightening. The weather here does not play. And yet every camping site is filled. I do not know what people are thinking. I have camped in those tents. They are not waterproof.
We checked into the Holiday Inn and discovered that not all Holiday Inn are the same. We have a beautiful suite. With a bathtub. Tonight when George is snoring next to me, I can sit on the couch in the living room and watch television. Or cook. In the kitchen. I could even make a peanut and jelly sandwich, which I am missing so much. There is also a restaurant attached which is so nice. When you are on a bike you do not like getting back on at night to go out to dinner.
So, we rode to Steamboat Springs downtown and went to our favorite store. We were able to find a few fun things and get a recommendation to a great place for lunch. We sat by a little creek and had a delicious lunch and felt like we had won the lottery. I guess George is back on my list.
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| Great place for lunch in Steamboat! |
Steamboat Springs is a really pretty town. We always enjoy staying here. Seems like I should be writing more, but the words have dried up.
Tomorrow, back to Utah. We will finally be visiting Salt Lake City. Ben and Liz have given us some great places to see and to eat at.
Jenson
 Really trying to find a prince! |
Despite the fact that you have been chafed by wet jeans, nearly electrocuted by the lightening that seems to be following you everywhere you go, presumably gotten stuck in a wayyyy too small bathroom (High 5-ed ya on THAT one...you KNOW I did!), almost frozen to death (in late August, for heaven's sake), one-up-ed on George's "Who-Do-I-Love" list by an inanimate object, treated like Oprah in Switzerland, and had your face sandpapered off, you seem remarkably chipper. I think it's maybe the bathtub. Or maybe you made a peanut butter sandwich after all. But tomorrow? When you are headed to Salt Lake City? Keep George off the Bonneville Salt Flats. I mean it. You won't like it.
ReplyDeleteSo glad George is back on your list. Keep on trucking.
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