KOA, Goodland, KS, to Cottonwood RV Park, Idaho Springs, CO:  An easy drive today.  Well, until we got to Denver.  I drove to Limon, CO, where we stopped to eat, fuel up, and change drivers.  A short while after leaving Limon we started seeing the ghostly image of the snow covered Rockies off in the distance.  There’s still a lot of snow up in the mountains.  In fact, they’re still skiing in Vail.  Going through Denver on I70 was not fun.  A lot of traffic.  But going through the mountains out of Denver was worse.  We haven’t been in the mountains for a few years—the Rockies anyway.  I was freaking out.  A lot of steep ups and downs.  We finally got to the exit for our RV park, which is 20 miles west of Denver.  The park is small, but we have a pretty decent site right on a rushing mountain stream.  Hummingbirds are everywhere.  No TV to speak of.  Three channels—and one is a Korean channel.  Korean?  I told Mike we will definitely be returning a different way.  The weather is beautiful—80s and sunny.  We’re at 7000 feet and feeling it.  I’m enjoying a vodka tonic right now.  

 

I70 approaching Denver.

Downtown Denver.

Mountains outside of Denver.

Campground cat came for a visit.

Campground cat wants in and started scratching our screen door.