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Driving up |
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After a good nights rest from the previous day's four wheeling,
I got a mid-morning start towards my ultimate destination for
the day, Oklahoma.
First off, I went towards Mt. Evans. several years before,
I had stumbled upon this area that is North America's highest
paved road. I could hardly pass up the chance to drive to the
top again, assuming it was open. And it was!
A small vacuum hose that go in near the air box that was broken
when I bought Wolf's Runner, had kept comming out causing the
engine to run poorly. As I started up the mountain, I found that
I had no real power at all. So, I pulled off an made a temporary
fix using electrical tape to hold the hose in place.
Once I was back on the road, I had no problems. The day was
beautiful and I took lots of pictures (as you can see). Once
at the top, a mere 14,200 feet above sea level, I stopped, took
some pictures, then got back down to thicker air.
While the drive from Mt. Evans to Tulsa, OK was mostly down
hill, I hit a major head wind upon leaving Denver. The rest of
Colorado (and there was plenty of it) was very boring. Mostly
light rolling hills and open fields. Kansas was worse. Luckily,
the sun went down so I didn't have to be bored by it for the
entire drive through Kansas. The Route I took was I-70 out of
Denver to US 287 South in Limon. I stayed on US 287 until Lamar,
CO where I caught US 50 / US 400 east. This took me into Kansas.
In Dodge City, KS, I headed more directly south on US 183 into
Oklahoma. I then went on US 412 from Woodward to Tulsa, then
down south on US 75 to my friend's house. Having lost an hour
along the way, the leg of the trip took 17 hours by my clock
(though only 16 hours in actual driving time). It was 4:00 a.m.
by the time I pulled in, and I was happy to get some rest.
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Wolf's Runner along the way |
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