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The Drive

5/12/2019

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I head north and pass through Salt River Canyon, a beautiful place.  Gaining elevation the....
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...scenery changes.  I like to take different routes to see parts of AZ and CO through which I previously have not traveled so while headed to Durango, CA I visit....
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….at the urging of friends, the Petrified Forest.  The story behind it is interesting but as for the views....
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…..hmmmm, I'd not recommend a visit.  I did not understand why people thought this would be a good destination.  Maybe if you are from the east coast or Midwest and never visited the southwest, well maybe.....
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OK, now this was interesting in the visitor center.  I worry about running into mountain lions but had this still been alive, I'd never hike again.  Yikes!
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Kind of funky looking, multicolored mounds was neat.
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Back on the road and headed toward CO.  Nice rock formations.....
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….along the way.  Should have brought hiking shoes and checked to see if there was a way up one of these.  Nearing Durango......
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...the snow capped peaks of the Rockies creep above the horizon.  I spent the night in Durango and got a very early start the following morning so did not see anything around that city.
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Had to be very careful driving as there were 6 separate encounters with deer or elk that forced me to slow and once stop as a herd of about 40 elk were crossing the road.
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Beautiful as I head to Wolf Pass and once there....
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….snow is still abundant.  Looking west.....
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….another beautiful view with a sign that warns drivers of what is ahead during the descent.
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I was following a front that hit Ohio on Thursday and each day of driving, I'd catch it and drive in the rain, discouraging my progress.  It took me 4 days to make it to Ohio and along the way, I snacked frequently.  When I weighed myself Friday morning, I was 4 pounds heavier than on Monday.  Way to go Mark you dumb ass!!!
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The clouds are low as I cross the last of the Rocky passes.
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Somewhere in eastern CO, I pass a lone cyclist.  I slow to talk and discover she is riding to Washington DC.  For what reason I did not think to ask.  The prior day I passed a group of 10 cyclists in AZ headed to Chicago.
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Ugh, the drive across eastern CO, all of KS, all of the other states, just ugh.  No better word to describe that part of the trip.
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