Day 29 - Hardin to FT Collins, CO
13 July 2007
13 July 2007
Motorcycle Lotto: Jamin is the winner of the day.
Quote of the Day: “These mosquitoes will suck all your blood and then you will die.” There seems to be a new preoccupation with travel dangers (see last night’s quote).
These trips are ALWAYS so hard. We have so many family and friends we’d like to stop and visit. BUT if you take too many 25 mile/100 mile side trips…well….as it is we are booking and blessed that we can see as many friends/family as we have. We are so thankful to all of you who have graciously interrupted your days and met us at BK’s and McD’s off the fwy. ::snort::
We’ve remembered today that Eastern MT and Western WY aren’t really spectacularly beautiful. LOL The last few days have spoiled us with tall mountains, rolling farmland and such.
We’ve arrived at FT Collins. We drove most the day. I mentioned in the comments that we really ARE making good time. We slow down on mountains. We are stopping for gas MUCH more often 150-200 miles and that slows us down….and we are not driving 75 mph - which is the speed limit out here. However, Mike has been going 65 - 70 with it…..and we have a long rig. LOL So - we used to be able to drive from Co Springs to our home in one day but not with the trailer. We are taking this trip by ear….going as far as we can and stopping. I don’t think we’ll make it home tomorrow….who knows?
We’re at KOA again - a nice one. I love the sound of the wind in the Aspens. This is another less crowded park. There are even HORSES outside the fence - much to Stacia’s delight. We’re in the middle of nowhere - not really in Ft Collins but some little town outside of it…..but it doesn’t look like a town….more like a community of ranches and KOA. LOL Anyway, I made dinner. This took creativity but was fun. The neighbors came over and said they are leaving tomorrow and gave us a couple of bags of food. I pulled together a really respectable soup, salad, mac/cheese, garlic toast etc. LOL Mike took the kids swimming while I cooked. I’ll take them to the playground while he runs with the older boys. That’s about it and we hope to hit the road by 5 a.m. I think I heard…..not sure when that will put us into Colorado Springs but I’ll email Lynn and Kristine tonight…..
Gas in Buffalo, WY
Casper, WY
Helping Dad
Cheyenne, WY
7 comments:
SIS:
BOO! HOO! I want so bad to visit Hardin again. I really feel bad that I haven't been back there since I returned to take care of things when Uncle Bill died and then when we sold and packed up everything left to take to Oregon.
Of course there are not to many of my school friends living there anymore.... but we could sure have fun visiting church people etc.
Love your foto's.
Mosquito's! Montana/Wyoming mosquito's are one thing I sure don't miss. They are so big, so loud, and bite so bad. :) :(:(:(
l/p
Gasp! You hope to hit the road by 5 a.m.? I'm hoping I can get out of bed in time to meet you!
Ah the memories.
We spent the best part of 8 years travelling round your country on tour buses, in the band. We found we could figure out where we were by the nature of the roadkill we spotted.
It was actually very pleasant to lie down and sleep while the bus drove us on to the next destination overnight.
We used KAO's when we went camping in Canada too. We really liked them.
De'Etta,
We stayed at a KOA in Hardin, MT on one of our cross country trips. While we were visiting an outdoor museum we were attacked by moquitoes. The kids still talk about that! Funny memories!
Sounds like you must be feeling better? Did anyone else get sick?
LOL Michelle - that was my friend's.....and the mosquitoes in AK, MT, WY are worse than any we've seen in TX...though the other bugs here are nasty....enough to make me not really worry about the mosquitoes. LOL
No, Cynthia....no one else is sick and no I'm still not 100%....I felt much better one day and the only symptom now is manageable.....
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