On Monday, took a very scenic trip climbing multiple mountain passes, first visiting the remote north rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. Finally made it to our "last night campsite" at Redstone. Another top 100 and 5star campground, we really regretted not being able to stay longer. Drove into the pretty little town of Carbondale (where the upper middle class of Aspen valley live), ate at White House Pizza which I remembered from when Jeff, Kimberly, and Patrick skied here several years ago. Also stopped in to listen to the band at Sunday music in the park.
On Monday, started a long trek to Nebraska. A bunch of siteseeing along the way. Toured Snowmass, one of my favorite ski areas (but too far from Denver), visited Maroon Belles peaks, one of the most photographed locations in the world, then did a quick walking tour of Aspen.
Decision time: backtrack 50+ miles to get to I70 or head over steep and narrow Independence Pass, which disallows any vehicles over 35 feet. Measuring in at about 34 feet, guess which way we went. Saw another beautiful water fall and a ghost town before stopping in Leadville for lunch. Got to North Platte Nebraska about 10pm. Since we were leaving early, we simple camped at Walmart with other RVs and trucks. McDonalds was next door, but we missed having electricity and AC!
Departing at 5:15 Tuesday, got just east of Indianapolis, checking into a Super8 at 11pm for a pretty long day. AC,bed, all that good stuff. Headed to Fredericksburg on
Wednesday.....
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