IdahoMtnSpyder
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I'm sure most of you who have posted about getting home safely had obligations or other good reasons for getting home as soon as you did. But me? With 1600+ miles from SF to home I decided my obligations could wait while I enjoyed a ride home over new to me roads as much as I could.
Day 1, Sunday - Springfield to Wichita. A great ride through some beautiful south Kansas countryside. Hills, farms, creeks and rivers, green pastures, and lots of trees. Sorry, no pics. Getting good photos of scenery is problematic. There's the problem of haze, loss of perspective, and most importantly, safe stopping places when the scenery is best.
Day 2, Monday - A short ride to Dodge City, Kansas, made famous in modern times by Gunsmoke, and made famous in old times by gun smoke! Boot Hill cemetary is a real resting place for many outlaws and ner' do wells. Lizzie Palmer supposedly is the only woman buried there. Here are a couple of cemetary pics and the reconstructed Front Street as it was in the mid 1800's.
I had quite a surprise in Dodge. I went to IHOP for supper. As I was waiting for my meal I heard, "Mac, Mac." A guy across from me stood up and said, "Andrew." It was my wife's niece's son who lives in Oregon. He was in Dodge doing 3D laser imaging of a chemical plant piping system. Can you believe that chance meeting?
Day 3, Tuesday - A fairly long ride, for me, from Dodge to Alamosa, CO. Less interesting scenery until the Rockies came into view. Here's a pic of Spanish Peaks taken several miles east of I-25 on CO SH10.
I can safely say I took the high road going home. Between Walsenburg, CO and Alamosa I crossed La Veta Pass at 9426' elevation!
In Alamosa as I was leaving the restaurant where I had supper three deer ran right across directly in front of me! This was in the city! I came by herds of deer a couple of other times too, but none made a dangerous pass in front of me, thank goodness!
Day 1, Sunday - Springfield to Wichita. A great ride through some beautiful south Kansas countryside. Hills, farms, creeks and rivers, green pastures, and lots of trees. Sorry, no pics. Getting good photos of scenery is problematic. There's the problem of haze, loss of perspective, and most importantly, safe stopping places when the scenery is best.
Day 2, Monday - A short ride to Dodge City, Kansas, made famous in modern times by Gunsmoke, and made famous in old times by gun smoke! Boot Hill cemetary is a real resting place for many outlaws and ner' do wells. Lizzie Palmer supposedly is the only woman buried there. Here are a couple of cemetary pics and the reconstructed Front Street as it was in the mid 1800's.
I had quite a surprise in Dodge. I went to IHOP for supper. As I was waiting for my meal I heard, "Mac, Mac." A guy across from me stood up and said, "Andrew." It was my wife's niece's son who lives in Oregon. He was in Dodge doing 3D laser imaging of a chemical plant piping system. Can you believe that chance meeting?
Day 3, Tuesday - A fairly long ride, for me, from Dodge to Alamosa, CO. Less interesting scenery until the Rockies came into view. Here's a pic of Spanish Peaks taken several miles east of I-25 on CO SH10.
I can safely say I took the high road going home. Between Walsenburg, CO and Alamosa I crossed La Veta Pass at 9426' elevation!
In Alamosa as I was leaving the restaurant where I had supper three deer ran right across directly in front of me! This was in the city! I came by herds of deer a couple of other times too, but none made a dangerous pass in front of me, thank goodness!
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