Mountains!
We didn't make Denver but we had a fantastic day. We stopped in Glenwood Springs Colorado.

When I decided to do this trip, I had no idea what I might see. After all, aside from a few trips west for business, I had never been west of the Mississippi. As I have described in earlier posts, I have been amazed at the beauty of this country and today was no exception. In fact, today was exceptional!
We left Vegas and the desert and soon found ourselves in some pretty high mountains in Utah. I lost count of how many times we climbed to 7 or 8 thousand feet peaks only to encounter a 6 or 7 percent drop on the other side and not straight down either. It was usually pretty tight corners. Keep in mind that this is an interstate-75 mph limit with LOTS of trucks. Makes life on a motorcycle pretty interesting. The payoff though is that these mountains are spectacular. You really have to see them to appreciate the beauty.

We did see a forest fire and rode through the smoke too. The locals told us that the fire has been burning since July and just keeps shifting in the mountains. No one seemed to know why it was not extinguished.

I'm just going to upload a bunch of the pictures for you, hope you enjoy.

As we arrived in Colorado, it started to change from the dry desert scrub to a more lush and full foliage that you expect to find in the mountain country. The interstate started to follow the path of the Colorado River, first through a magnificent canyon and later through a valley between some great peaks. We are still following it as we stopped tonight.   So there is about 1800 miles left to get back home. Tomorrow I hope to make it to Lincoln Nebraska.