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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