Denver Nuggets

Wednesday, April 5, 2006

Yesterday was a 'rest' day in Topeka with new found friends (owner of Lacie, an Airedale) which included good fellowship, meals, a guided tour of Topeka, including the elaborate state capitol and an Episcopal church with a fantastic organ which someone there was kind enough to play for the three of us, by Mark Saylor then a steak dinner, and a good night's rest.

We are on the road again currently in Colby, KS, just east of the CO border. We hope to spend the night in Denver and if luck holds, will meet up with Jessica Sarkisian, daughter of our lifelong friends, Vahan & Anne from MA & NH.

It's very warm today with clear weather and light traffic on I-70.

Update 8:30 pm Wednesday
We are now in Denver at a Sam's Club ready to settle in for the night. We heard from Jessica enroute. She's in Aspen so we won't be able to connect while we're here. The drive through the High Plains of eastern Colorado is a desolate one. We stopped at Flagler, a farm town (they're all wheat towns here.) for gas, then made a straight shot for Denver.
What a change from desolate high plains with little sign of life, except the cattle, to the bustling metropolis of Denver with 8 lanes of I-70 traffic.

Carol's 'nuking' some leftover chicken Parmesan with a nice fresh salad for supper.
Tomorrow we're off to Utah with a stop at Arches National Park near Moab.

It's been one long drive through America's heartland, but we haven't seen any place yet to beat Vermont or New England.