Alas, we have finally made it to Colorado. In all honesty, two and a half straight days of driving wasn't all that bad. It did get pretty boring at times in Oklahoma, Kansas, and eastern Colorado. I think Oklahoma was the most boring of all - plus we had to pay tolls. Double whammy. We stayed last night in Garden City, Kansas. Sounds lovely, right? (Ok, maybe not) The town was fine at first...until the winds changed direction. Then the entire town smelled like manure. I'm not kidding. It was horrible. For some reason Steph decided this would be a good time to walk to the Target next door. Sometimes I wonder about that girl. Oh ya, did I mention it was 111 degrees in Kansas? Who knew? The car was overheating a little so we tried to go without the AC for a bit. You open the windows and it literally feels like a hair dryer is blowing on you. Miserable. The Jimmy would have to suck it up a little, which it did just fine (for all you naysayers).
Anyways, we finished the last 6 hours or so to Estes Park, Colorado this morning/afternoon. It was a beautiful drive from Denver up through the mountains to Estes Park. We stopped in Boulder for a late lunch, which seemed like a great town, except it was packed out with people. For good reason I guess. Estes Park turned out to be even more beautiful as it is surrounded by the Rockies. We're currently sitting at Starbucks next to a nice little river enjoying the views and breeze. We're about to meet up with Taylor (Adam's sister) to camp in Rocky Mountain National Park. We put her in charge of finding a place to camp, so hopefully she took care of that. We'll camp tonight and tomorrow night before heading down to Taylor's house in Denver on Friday. She's got a lot of hikes for us to do over the next couple days, which should be fun. At least it'll give us a good way to work off all these Jelly Bellys we've been consuming the past couple days...
Starbucks spot
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