Miles Travelled: 2,056
Current Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Today we made our first deviation from the itinerary. We left Topeka, Kansas in the morning and began the one of the most boring drives I have ever taken. I-70 through Kansas is a straight line with no buildings, rivers, streams, trees, turns or hills. Every few miles there are some cows and some windmills, that's it. To make matters worse it was pouring for the first three hours. For the second three hours a heavy fog rolled in and there was a tornado warning in effect. Basically 350 miles of this:
Maybe it was the weather breaking but things got a lot better when we hit Colorado. The speed limit went up to 75 mph and we began a gradual incline towards the mountains. I'm not sure of the statistics but Colorado has to be one of the least densely populated states in the country. At times I am sure that there was not another human being within a 20 mile radius of us. Eventually the mountains came into view.
By this time it was late afternoon and we decided not to push on to our original destination of Canon City. Instead, we called the GoogleMaster (Darrin) to help find a hotel in Colorado Springs. He used Priceline to find us a room at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort. LD took care of the booking over the phone and it turned out to be a jackpot. Below is the view from the balcony off the back of our room.
We spent an hour cleaning the truck and getting organized and then headed out for dinner. We ate at a great Mexican restaurant called Amanada's Fonda. The food was out of this world but the highlight was talking to the hostess after dinner. When we were leaving LD asked her what her name was and she replied "Tina, but everyone around here knows me as Big Hair Tina from up the road." We couldn't resist snapping a picture with her after that.
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