Day 2 -- Part 2 ... Did I tell you, I hate WYOMING

Alright, so where were we??? Ah yes, Denver… and heading points North;
We cruised right pass the smoggy, downtown skyline, and Invesco Stadium (ne… Mile-High Stadium)

Just outside of Denver we stopped for lunch (10:30AM??? apparently Ward is a new-born, cuz he seems to need to eat every thirty minutes. We had breakfast before leaving Colorado Springs at 9AM, and at 10:30 we were at Carls Jr for burgers. Anyway… after washing down my tasty burger, I felt man enuf to take The Helm, and for the next 100 miles I piloted the Ody and the Hog north into Wyoming.

Now… I KNEW my normally fuel-efficient Ody would take a hit due to:
1. Pulling the Hog
2. Being in the mountains (for those non-physics majors: thinner air = worse combustion)
Well, add in 40-50mph head/cross winds in the high-country of Wyoming, and we went through a tank in 114 miles!!!!! UGH!!!!

Welcome to Wyoming... state motto "Sorry We Suck"

But it was kind of funny stopping at the ONLY gas station for miles in Buford. That has to be one lonely dude (but he does have a Corvette).

We crossed the Continental divide at Table Rock Wyoming… all down hill from there -- but I gotta tell ya... there is NOTHING in Wyoming. I think there are more people in Tonganoxie than in ALL of Wyoming. Now, granted -- there are mountains here --- but it is not like we are in canyons the whole time... but NOT ONLY did our wireless phones not work...but XM Satellite Radio didn't even work?!?!?! WTF!!!!! This is like a cosmic black-whole where the world of electronics simply do not work! But there were some rather beautiful sites...

OK --- so this is Elk Mountain --- a beautiful mountain, the only problem is that we were traveling at 65 mph in a ONE-LANE construction zone...
So, I just hung out the sunroof facing the 50+ mph head wind --- an aggregate 100+ mph wind, and Ward snapped this pix with his phone:

And here are a few other nice pix...

But, alas --- we finally made it... approximately 8:30PM... and had the set up and grill going within an hourle of beer and a nice sandwich....

And now, we are now enjoying a beer with a couple of guys who had the foresight to bring a fire pit (it's about 50 degrees here in the mountains). Left to right... this is Mental, The Kug, and Desmo (aka Ducati)...

More to come tomorrow....

Oh, I almost forgot... and we got a mascot... his name is "Jo", and he is addicted to caffeine...

D. (and Mental... peace)