We have started a new adventure for this summer. Our trip will take us to CO, WY, MT and possibly ID and UT. We left home on Monday morning after waking to a thunder storm. We waited as long as we could for the roads to dry so that we would not get the new RV too dirty driving on wet roads.
Oh, yeah, if you hadn't heard we traded in the Born Free for a Newmar Bay Star Class 'A' motor coach. It has two slides and is is 31' 11" long and 13' tall. We can fit all of our belongings in the RV and don't have to carry anything in the towed Jeep. We love it!
The drive across Kansas wasn't too bad. I drove the RV for the first time and didn't drive off the road or run into a passing semi! Ha! We had some pretty stiff cross winds for a while but this RV handled it well. BUT the gas milage is horrible!
Our first stop is in Conifer, CO where we are staying with our friends, Ray and Judy. They took us for a short hike on Tuesday afternoon to get all the kinks worked out of our legs and backs. Today we hiked Meyer Mountain in the Jefferson County Open Space. We then drove around looking at places where wild fires had ravaged the land. One 5000 acre fire was just over the ridge from our friend's home. It is amazing how much grass and bushes have grown back in only a month's time. Another area burned by the Buffalo Spring fire about 12 years ago looks much more desolate and less recovered.
Our drive took us along the South Platt River to Pine Grove, CO and then a mile up the mountain to Sphinx, CO where we had a beer at the Bucksnort Saloon. This place has been around a long time and it shows with carved tables, uneven floors and dollar bills or business cards tacked all over every wall, beam and post in the building!
Ray and Judy have been wonderful hosts, allowing us to park in their driveway and feeding us great dinners!
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