The driving today made up for yesterday. No rain, no flats, no wrong directions. Just great driving across hundreds of miles of corn fields. The weather was beautiful, and Nebraska and Colorado's speed limits are 75!
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| One of many gigantic wind farms in Iowa We were making such good time that we decided we had time to stop at the Great Platte River Road Archway Monument. Its a tourist/historical spot that tells the story of the Great Platte River Road, which it turns out, is I-80. It was interesting to actually take a half hour and think about the history of the road we have now driven over a thousand miles on. Its obvious if you think about it, that the road is just a paved over trail that thousands of people have used, but we hadn't actually thought about it, so it was a little mind blowing. It was nice to do something a little touristy and cheesy instead of just driving straight through. |
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Even with the stop we made it to Denver by 8:30 local time. Which meant driving in as the sun was setting behind the Rockies, completely gorgeous. It was Mo's first time seeing real mountains which was pretty fun. |
Denver seems like a cool city, we only got a chance to explore the downtown area close to our hotel, but it had a nice pedestrian street that was closed to all traffic except for free buses that took people up and down the street. It was a beautiful night and we got to grab dinner outside.
Excited for tomorrow's drive. We are taking a scenic detour to drive on the highest elevation highway in the United State, Trail Ridge Road (US-34). It runs through Rocky Mountain National Park and is supposed to have amazing views of the mountains. Hopefully we'll catch some of them for the next post!
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