We're not in Kansas.....YET!

Our last Colorado sunset for a while....

Wednesday morning was much warmer than Tuesday.  When I went out around 6am I could fee a balmy breeze coming off the Front Range.  Since this was the middle of a work week....for others, certainly not for us, we did not want to get on I-70 through Metro Denver during rush hour, so we took a 3 mile round trip walk out toward the dam and back before hoisting anchor once again.  Next year I think we'll spend more time at this park.....there is so much to do right in the park, let alone every where else in the Denver area.

Even though we did not hit the Denver metro area until after 10am it was still more traffic than I like, however, within a hour we were well into the east Colorado plains, and very light traffic.  It would have been a perfect day, except for the strong cross wind coming from the north.  Normally the prevailing wind is west to east, but we got north to south this day.  Thankfully we were only moving 157 miles east to Stratton, CO.  We stopped twice at rest areas, and at the second one I took a nap.....after all we had all afternoon to travel the last 70 miles, and after fighting the cross wind for a couple of hours I was ready for a nap.  I'm glad I did, because when I awoke from my hour nap the wind had dropped off a lot....still there, but not as obnoxious as earlier.  

We arrived in Stratton, CO around 2:30pm, and quickly paid for a spot at Marshall Ash Village and Conoco Station.  We got full hookups for $17 courtesy our Passport America discount, which included cable TV, WiFi and 50amps of juice.  This is not a place you would spend a week at, but perfect for an overnight.  A bonus is you get 5 cents per gallon off if you fuel  up at the Conoco, which is part of the facility.....I think it may be time to pay the rent!

After hooking up the power, water and sewer, and doing some insurance work it was after 5pm.  It was nice to be back on the road, and this is the first of 5 consecutive travel days for us.  We will end up in Muskogee, OK where we will land for a couple of days visiting some more Newell owners, and then up to Lincoln, AK (only 66 miles away from Muskogee) to visit another old college friend for 3 days, and then 2 days of travel up to St. Louis to visit family for 2 days, then 2 more days of travel to Campbellsville, KY.  We'll arrive there on my birthday, October 3rd, and have 5 days to settle in before we begin our Amazon orientation starting October 8th.....wow, I'm getting tired just looking at what I typed.  Seriously, though I love driving the Newell, and it never seems much like work, except when we get a cross wind like yesterday.  Off to Russell, KS tomorrow, Thursday!

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