Kearney to Rifle Colorado

We left at 7am again and this is the view alongside.  Lightning was behind us and on my side, these scattered showers. 

In due course, the clouds became less threatening and road construction started. This is a shot of the machine that adds about a foot of concrete the width of the double lanes over the levelled soil in this shot. It was magic.

A few hours later, the traffic essentially evaporated, the road flattened, and the speed limit was 75mph.

Most of the pictures that follow were made by Blair Carroll. [remember that you can see all pictures larger by clicking on any picture]

This was a shot of our first sighting of an oil jack.  At the end of the day, it was still the only one we saw.

Before reaching Denver, Blair shot our developing view of the Rockies ahead.

This next shot may be out of order but it shows the parking lot that the interstate became when a car caught fire.

Later on, we passed by this old Gold mine, likely one of the longer survivors of the gold rush?

This tunnel entrance was named the Eisenhower Tunnel, 1973. It was huge and looked brand new.

Blair made this shot of the trucker's runaway lane; it will stop a truck that lost its brakes before serious damage.

In this next shot, you can see the railway tracks, the once mighty Colorado river, the Eastbound I-70,  and finally, our westbound I-70.  At this point, the eastbound went under the westbound for a few miles.

Prior to supper, we hunted down the Rifle Falls Park along this pleasant twisty road that would be wonderful for bikers...

The park and falls search was in vain, and later we saw a picture of these well advertised falls, and we didn't miss much...

On the return, we saw this table top mountain, quite different from the usual spikes and valleys.

 We have a short driving day tomorrow, with unpacking, grocery shopping, etc.  It will be nice to check out our new quarters and area.