The B&B in Limon, CO
This was our room. Very comfortable & beautifuly decorated with hand made quilts.
She had "cakes" for us to offer the horses. These cakes are, of course, just for horses.
After that we loaded our stuff into the van and drove back toward the I-70.
Good by. We had a great night here, it will be one of the highlights of this trip.
This was our room. Very comfortable & beautifuly decorated with hand made quilts.After having a marvelous ranch style breakfast, which included home made multi-grain bread and jellies prepared by our hostess Beth, we walked to the corral to visit the resident horses. Beth told us that they like visitors and would push each other in order to get to us. She was right, they were very friendly.
She had "cakes" for us to offer the horses. These cakes are, of course, just for horses.
After that we loaded our stuff into the van and drove back toward the I-70.
Good by. We had a great night here, it will be one of the highlights of this trip.The landscape was much the same as the last couple of days. We drove past Denver around 11:30 AM where this photo was taken. This building is right by the freeway - hard to miss. All of the good views were on the driver's side and no way to get good shots of the city while heading west.
Finally mountains were in view.
Here we were on the down side of the mountains west of Denver. The last time we were here the mountain sides were covered in snow and skiers. The skiers looked like ants on the slopes.
People will build houses just about anywhere! We were passing through Vail about this point.
We did miss the mountains while traveling east of the Rockies.
These were the short tunnels, the first of three through the mountain side. The Eisenhower tunnel is the longest, a little over 1.6 miles, the longest & highest bore of the interstate highway system.
This rest stop has a little museum and these building to show visitors the old west lifestyle.
This rest stop has a little museum and these building to show visitors the old west lifestyle.
The Colorado River was at the top of the banks and rather muddy.
The scenery was changing quickly as we progressed westward.
A good shot of the Colorado River. It did seem small after seeing the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers even though it was running high as can be seen here.
Nearing Grand Junction. We had crossed the Colorado several times since leaving Denver.
We arrived in Grand Junctin about 3 PM, checked into a nice hotel and found a good Tratoria right across the street where we had great Italian food. Our table was by the bar where a couple were having drinks with their dog in tow. We were surprized that the place would allow dogs inside, but he was quied and well behaved. This made us think of a joke we heard Tommy Smothers tell about a man who took his dog into a bar, and we chuckled. The dog owner thought that we were disturbed by the dog and asked us if that was so, so we just had to tell him the joke.
We arrived in Grand Junctin about 3 PM, checked into a nice hotel and found a good Tratoria right across the street where we had great Italian food. Our table was by the bar where a couple were having drinks with their dog in tow. We were surprized that the place would allow dogs inside, but he was quied and well behaved. This made us think of a joke we heard Tommy Smothers tell about a man who took his dog into a bar, and we chuckled. The dog owner thought that we were disturbed by the dog and asked us if that was so, so we just had to tell him the joke. The WiFi signal in the hotel room was week and we were unable to upload our photos and get caught up with the blog. But we did have a good night's rest before the next big travel day.
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