Well the best laid plans.... After planning to do
less mileage, we actually did over 2200 miles this month. But it hasn't felt
like a lot of travelling. We've had several extended periods at places and we've
rarely done over 150 miles in a day. Wisconsin and Minnesota were fairly empty
and the weather was cold. Most folk thought we were a little early and they were
probably right. Daffodils were just blooming as we left! and most of the trees
still had no leaves. We eventually tired of the cold and moved to Iowa where the
weather was more temperate. In fact it was very nice as we travelled across the
plains but started to get a bit wild as we reached the western edge of Nebraska.
We also didn't notice the steady climb but by the time we reached Cheyenne we
were at 700ft and it was cold at night again. Now we have moved down through the
spectacular scenery of the Rockies from Denver south and are approaching the
final major area we plan to visit. Once again we have found a perfect balance
between the time of year, the altitude and the temperature. Southern Colorado is
a place we could live - at least in the summer. Being still at 7000ft I
suspect it gets fairly bleak here in winter. |