The journey from Glenwood Springs took us up into the mountains (over 10,000 feet) and back down to Denver which is just over 5,000 feet. John wants to know if our stay in Denver qualifies us for the mile high club. Lol
The photos below show some of the mountain scenery we passed.
Skihills don’t look so exciting without their snow cover.
We saw several runaway lanes for vehicles that lose their brakes. This sign below was interesting. It says “Lost Brakes? Do Not Exit - Stay On I-70″. The runaway lane was built inside the guardrail and ran along the right side parallel to the traffic lanes.
That evening we saw this double rainbow above our trailer.
The next day I didn’t really feel like touring museums and stuff in Denver so John found out on the internet about a big Bass Pro store in a shopping complex in Denver and suggested we go there to start. We ended up staying the whole day there and had a great time. The Bass Pro store was a large two storey one with good displays of clothing, hunting and camping gear. I got some shorts on sale and John got a pair of reinforced hunting pants on sale. They have Kevlar on the lower legs so burs don’t stick to them.
Elsewhere in the complex I found a ladies wear shop with a great summer sale on (50% off the lowest marked price) and got three lovely tops. We had a delicious lunch in a Mexican cafeteria style eatery and saw the new Disney animated film ’Up’ in the cinema. It was a heart warming story about an old widower who flies his house using helium balloons from the US to the South American jungle. We enjoyed it. Then we checked out this neat Gadget store and bought a few gifts for people at home. The old printer that we had brought with our laptop had died a couple of days ago, so we got a nifty compact HP printer on sale at Office Max. We hauled our loot home and the next day we moved our rig to Kansas.
This is how flat eastern Colorado is. Most people think of mountains when they hear Colorado, but the whole eastern half is a large flat plain.
July 21st, 2009 at 1:09 pm Shop, shop, shop! And the deals…