Driving through the mountain passes were so beautiful that we have decided that we are going to spend next January in Colorado and try to find a one month pass to skiing. Here are my favorite pictures of the mountains…
Unfortunately my camera finally took one too many tumbles. When I started taking pictures in Utah I found that the only way I could get a clear picture was to zoom all the way in. When I put the pictures on my computer I found that the pictures looked like they were in a bubble. The middle was clear but the edges were blurry. It is really too bad because there were some beautiful mountains in Utah. Part of the time it looked like snow covered mountains and then it would look like you were in Arizona with the painted desert mountains. Here are my favorite pictures of the day that came out the best.
We were planning on making it to Denver but night was falling fast and we wanted to see the mountains as we went over so we stopped for the night at a Walmart in Rifle, CO. Thankfully my mom let me borrow some money and I was able to buy a new camera. My last two have been Fuji. This time I bought a Kodak. I am hoping it is more durable.
We needed to drive to Iowa for a customer visit. We decided that instead of driving I-40 we would try to take I-70 so we could see some of the mountains so our path took us through Utah and Colorado. On the way to Utah we drove part of the way on Route 66. Driving down the road we saw what looked like a lake until we got closer.
What is wrong with this picture? This was taken in the middle of the desert! Nathan isn’t walking on snow, he is walking on salt!! So everyone got out to walk on the salt…
Timmy was convinced he was going to fall through like it was ice. I took some pictures of the area as long as we were out for a little bit.
We made it as far as Vegas the first night and since we couldn’t find any free places that looked safe we stopped for the night at Lake Mead and pulled out the next morning to drive through Utah.
A wave breaking over the rocks…
Close up of the surf…
The surf going back out…
Waves breaking…
One of the views from the beach…
And another of the water on the rocks…
The drive to San Francisco was much easier for me than the drive to Reno. For one it was only half the time. For two, I drove the truck which was much easier for me on the winding mountain roads and city traffic. We checked in to the San Francisco RV Resort early in the afternoon. The windows are all open and the short sleeved shirts are on!! As much as I don’t like CA I will enjoy the next couple of weeks thawing out. :)