Colorado sure has some high mountain passes. I think I topped out the other day going over 11,312 foot Monarch Pass, and so I was ready for that low lying 10,666 Vail Pass
There is supposed to be mountains of snow in Monarch Pass this time of year, but that isn’t the case. In fact, this winter Colorado snowfall is at a 50 year low. That’s some serious drought , and it’s not looking good for all the people, and agriculture that survive because of water from the Colorado river.
Right wing fascists can deny climate change all they want,
but the evidence is clear. You warm up the ocean a couple of degrees centigrade
and you change the weather patterns.
Keeping the van with a name speed between 55 & 60 gives
me milage up to 19 miles per gallon this trip, and that means I ain’t pumping
out as much carbon as all the vehicles passing me going 80 mph or faster,
In Granby I stayed at a first rate Sun Country “RV RESORT” . Sun Country really does an excellent job, with level concrete slabs, full hookups, and even though the pool was closed they did have two hot tubs open 24 hours a day. They must have over 300 campsites here, along with small cabins, Airstream Trailers you can stay in, and even covered wagons.
Their store was closed , and so was the bowling alley . The bar was open, and the bar food was okay, and the rate was lower than summer when this must be one happening place.
I’ve got to head north now as I want to be in Cheyenne Wyoming
on the 29 so I can see Union Pacific’s legendary steam locomotive Big Boy that starts its western 2026 tour that day. There
will be photos!
The plan was to go through Rocky Mountain National Park on
highway 34, but the highway remains closed because of winter.
No worries, a quick backtrack on Colorado highway 125 and a run north to Walden through the Arapaho National Recreation area that was burned in 2020 in the East Troublesome fire. It was a huge fire that burned 193,812 acres and destroyed over 360 homes. Climate change ain’t pretty.
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