Day 70 - 7,863 miles

Progress home. Today begins our official return trip home. Drove from Arches in Utah, through Colorado, into Kansas. The scenery across Colorado was spectacular! We took I 70 up into the western foothills and on through ski country - Steamboat Springs, Vail, Avon... all lovely and classy alpine communities. When we reached Vail Pass at over 10,000 feet, we thought we were at the top of the world, but we continued up further still until, in a blinding snowstorm, we reached the continental divide at 10 feet shy of being 12,000 feet . (twice the height of Mt. Washington) By the time we reached Denver we had come down almost 7000 feet! After that the land flattened out into the high plains, with fields stretching in every direction as far as the eye can see. We have settled into a cozy KOA cabin for the night, with wind howling so loud here, we keep wondering if a tornado is coming. According the The Weather Channel, this is normal wind for this area. Yuck. Back on the road in the morning.

Almost missed this sign!


Following the Colorado River upstream


Snow in the mountain passes


Kansas!