“I’m worried about Dad getting tired” was the catch cry today. Ross decided to spend a day driving to catch up on the miles we had hoped to have done by now. It has been a LONG day in the RV! We have covered 638 miles and across two whole states – Nebraska and Colorado.
We met up with Ross’ parents in their RV a few days ago and they have been travelling with us through the National Parks. That is code for we have been inflicting our punishing schedule on them! They have done really well to keep up with us. We only have three more days with this motorhome and have to be back in LA on Wednesday morning whereas they have several more days and can travel at a leisurely pace. So we said our goodbyes to them at 8am and set off.
I served up morning and afternoon tea as Ross drove, so our only stops today were for a quick lunch and dinner. There was plenty of time for homework while travelling, and we made the focus the boys’ Biblical Studies homework after the little three looked horrified we weren’t going to church!
We did tour through Denver before we stopped for lunch. Denver belongs to a select group of US cities with teams from four major sports. We drove past the baseball field as people were arriving for today’s game. Denver also has the dubious distinction of being the only city to back out after winning a bid to host the Olympics (the 1976 Winter Olympics). It’s official elevation is one mile or 5280 feet above sea level, making it the one of the highest major cities in the US. See: we did our research…and I had a lot of time to read today…
We also spent some time in the Colorado Rockies, more beautiful scenery, and travelled through snowfields (which in summer actually still have patches of snow on the higher mountains!). I will be interested to download all my photos, but am not convinced they will do all these amazing places justice.
Our accommodation tonight is in Durango, purely for its proximity to the Grand Canyon which we plan to visit tomorrow. We are actually close to the border of where New Mexico, Utah, Colorado and Arizona meet. I am now off to do several loads of laundry – aaah, the “comfort” of home! 😉