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Back in the plains...
...and back on the grid. Reduced to bullet points just for brevity.
* New experience: 4-wheeling. An hour and a half to go six miles. If you've never been, imagine standing close to the edge of a cliff while one person tries to push you off and another punches you in the kidneys every fifteen seconds. Fun? Not so much. Left me so exhausted I slept half the next day away.
* At the end of the six mile trail was a mill at the top of a fifty foot waterfall, the only significant remains of a 19th century silver mine. I would like to say that I didn't lie to my sister when I told her that the unpleasant ride was worth it, but I did indeed lie to my sister.
* I truly hate I70 between Denver and Glenwood Springs. Aside from being a series of 5 and 6% grades and unpleasant curves, the road conditions are as bad as (or worse than) I70 between Columbia and St. Louis.
* It was a good family visit, but we were very glad to see flatlands again. We've both had enough of mountains for a long while.
* We're in Hays, Kansas, neither of us with the energy to drive straight through to KC, even though our own beds beckon.
I'm sure there will be more, but not tonight.
* New experience: 4-wheeling. An hour and a half to go six miles. If you've never been, imagine standing close to the edge of a cliff while one person tries to push you off and another punches you in the kidneys every fifteen seconds. Fun? Not so much. Left me so exhausted I slept half the next day away.
* At the end of the six mile trail was a mill at the top of a fifty foot waterfall, the only significant remains of a 19th century silver mine. I would like to say that I didn't lie to my sister when I told her that the unpleasant ride was worth it, but I did indeed lie to my sister.
* I truly hate I70 between Denver and Glenwood Springs. Aside from being a series of 5 and 6% grades and unpleasant curves, the road conditions are as bad as (or worse than) I70 between Columbia and St. Louis.
* It was a good family visit, but we were very glad to see flatlands again. We've both had enough of mountains for a long while.
* We're in Hays, Kansas, neither of us with the energy to drive straight through to KC, even though our own beds beckon.
I'm sure there will be more, but not tonight.
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I-70 is both better and worse than it used to be. There are fewer sections where you are hugging the side of the mountain, but the steep grades are longer (and the trucks coming down them are bigger these days).
(I used to alternate summers between grandparents in Osawatomie, KS, and grandparents in Georgetown, and later, Golden, CO. I watched I-70 being built - and rebuilt, and widened.)
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Wasn't much need. The traffic speeds were variable enough that we were able to use the brakes sparingly and still fit in. The braking wasn't a lot different from city driving.