Day 2: During which our hearty travellers decide to keep.... on..... going.....
Approaching Denver
Dylan: Today we left at 5:30am Vegas time and drove until 12:00am Vegas time. I saw a New Mexico license plate and have seen all the american license plates this year. We drove through part of Illinois, all of Iowa, and all of Nebraska, and then stopped in the Colorado Mountains. You could step out of your car and go get a handful of snow.
Brent: Well... 1790km in one day must be close to a record for me driving. I am glad the van did not blow up. Speaking of explosions... Linda was glad that we made it out of the 4th of July celebrations in one piece. There about 3 different occasions when a cannon, or a cherry bomb or something went off just as we were driving by and it was pretty funny (except for the time I swear someone must have thrown one from the other lane of traffic and it went off under our car - at least that's what it sounded like!). Coming down from the mountains DYLAN'S MOLAR EXPLODED from the pressure change! We heard this huge "POP!" in the back and Dylan's tooth (which had thankfully fallen out that afternoon) was in a bunch of pieces... The picture above is approaching Denver, where again we were hit with a deluge of epic proportions and wicked lightning.
Dustin: Today we left for Day 2 and we drove through a major thunderstorm with lots of lightning. Dylan and I watched 2 movies in the back seat. It was a boring driving day.
Linda: Loooonnngg Iowa! Ennndddlesss Nebraska! Then into the Colorado Mountains fraught with peril! We entered the mountainous region after the sun went down so we were driving around twisty, curvy, steep grade, runaway truck ramp worthy hills in the dark! We encountered rockslides, cliffsides, deer on the roadsides not to mention mile marker warnings: "Water pooling on the road at MM179" (firetrucks hosing something); "Stalled semi at MM127 stay in the left lane" warning. It was a very nerve wracking experience but we made it!
Brent's note: Oh yeah, this is a blog. Guess we had better put some links in tomorrow...
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