Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Colorado, Breckenridge - Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - Tiger Run Resort


Mountains were still looking fantastic as we left Utah early this morning.




The rays of sunshine coming through the clouds gave us hope that the day would be good.  The only thing that made me wonder about that was a large black cat ran across the interstate right in front of us.



I almost missed the Colorado border sign.



The Colorado River ran along I-70 for most of our trip.  The views were very impressive.  We witnessed one guy in a group of motorcycle riders trying to get a selfie with these lovely views.  He had a selfie stick stuck out in front of him while he was going down the road, the speed limit ranges from 65 to 80 mph.











The mountains in Colorado just kept getting higher.








We went through several construction sites.  The first one was really narrow and we bumped a few of the orange plastic barrels as we went through.  I was surprised because Greg is always able to get through construction sites without a problem.  As we were leaving the construction area I asked Greg if he put in the step – nope, and neither did I.  We were hitting the barrels with the step – we pulled over and put the step in, no damage was done.



Then our “check engine” light came on.  It’s been a problem in the past because a filter gets clogged.  Pulling over and shutting off the engine for a while resets the light/sensor and we are able to go on.  We planned to have this problem researched as we go through South Carolina and stop at the Freightliner factory in September.  We pulled over at a rest stop, the ones in Colorado aren’t right on the highway, you have to get off the road and go to the edge of town.  This one had a Subway next door so we picked up some sandwiches for lunch – we can fit the new carved turkey into our diet.

As we left the rest area we discovered we had picked up a huge bee or wasp that wasn’t happy it couldn’t get out.  I got out the fly swatter and attempted to kill it on the driver side window while Greg was ducking my swing – mission accomplished.

We targeted a rest area a little over an hour away to stop and eat our sandwiches.  We pulled off at Rifle, Colorado.  They do neat things with their roundabouts.



As we got ready to leave Greg turned on the key and nothing happened.  He gets out and makes sure the batteries have juice, looks ok, still won’t start.  He started the generator and we settled back to see if it would start in 30 minutes or so.  While we were waiting I decided to take some pictures of the rest area.




I was about to sit down and enjoy the view when Greg called to say he got the coach started.



These tunnels still bother me.



But snow bothers me more.  Between 9,000 feet and 10,000 feet elevation we ran into some snow showers.  Luckily it wasn’t sticking to the road.



We arrived safely at the Tiger Run Resort.  We are in site 305 and yes that is a pile of snow beside us.



This is advertised as “a luxury RV resort, Colorado’s premier all-season resort”.  Don’t get me wrong, it is a nice resort and if you like to ski it might look even better, but I’m a little under impressed.  We looked at posters for some park models for sale anywhere from $299,000 to over $750,000.  These are some pictures of the amenities, I guess I’m so used to the wonderful amenities available at Val Vista where we stay in Mesa that it’s hard to impress me.

Library was a single book case.



Game room had a lot to do.



Exercise room had good equipment, just not very much of it



The only pool is the one inside (I know it gets cold here).



Since the weather is supposed to get down into the 20’s tonight we didn’t hook up water and sewer – didn’t need for anything to freeze.  With only electric to unhook in the morning we should be pulling out of here early heading to Oakley, KS where we will stay tomorrow night.  Then, on to David’s on Thursday morning.

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