Saw lots of trains hauling coal and this time is was trucks loading it onto barges that were pushing it upstream. The water was up and muddy after last nights storms so it was pushing hard, too.

Okay Kansas, I apologize! It was eastern Colorado and really western Kansas that is void of trees. Over here on this side there’s lots of them. We also saw a large grove of windmills. it was great but unfortunately my pictures didn’t turn out. If you look closely you can see an oil pump waay in the back of this field there next to the trees. but it shows the flat that most of the part of Kansas we went though is.
We’re at my neice’s this evening and enjoying the visit. 🙂

We stopped by to visit this historical site, Old Fort Bent in Coloradoand we were just in time to join a passel of school children. Shortly after we arrived in Kansas but Kansas is difficult for a mountain girl to get a grip on. Contrary to what you may have heard, however, they do have trees. We saw several during today’s journey. :laugh:

Looking west, back the way we came. The foreground is the “forest” in this area. :O Don’t want to get up close and personal with it! :laugh: What an amazing world we live in!

Find something amazing where you live today. 🙂

We managed Monarch Pass today with no trouble at all. A nice, long, mostly sunny ride. We’re camped in the Pueblo, Colorado KOA this evening. Now we get to plan the next stage of our trip. We might spend a day hiking trails. Cori is still wanting to know if we’re there yet!

This country is magnificent! Harsh, yes, but beautiful in a way no other kind of territory is.
we had to rearrange our travel plans some today not due, as we feared, to weather, but rather to man. A jeep & ATV gathering in Moab that we were unaware of preempted us. We will visit Arches Nat’l Park on our return trip. The weather was not bad and tho our drive ended being a little longer than anticipated we enjoyed the scenery and are now at rest for the night. Hope your day was filled in mild adventures!

I took this when we stopped to let the dog out for a bit, after about our third 7000′ plus pass in a snow storm. We’ve caught up with the one that hit us last night. Now we’re parked at a KOA in Ely, Nevada & it’s snowing hard and 29 degrees.
We may have to rethink our route! 😛

4-2-09 Fernly, Nevada elevation: 4046′
I don’t know why my pictures seem to be b&w but this was the view from our ‘boon-dogging camp’ this morning. Snowy peaks around us tho only a bit on us, mostly frost. The storm passed over in the night… WINDY! :O Had few minor problems but all in all, a good first day.