I'm back!

And whoo-ee, is it hot!! It's after midnight and the AC has been on for an hour and it's still 89 degrees inside. The west has not been having the heatwave of the central part of the US, that's for sure.

We had a great visit with my sister, and also with DH's family. I thought of many of you as I drove through your states--I wish we could have stopped and visited with you all! Maybe when we're not doing 4400 miles in two weeks. The past couple days, though, have taken us from Utah to Arkansas and from 4000 feet to 11,000 and back down to 1400, though, so it's been kind of extreme. We had this bright idea to take I-70 instead of I-80 this time--google said it only would take an extra 2 minutes, and we'd never done it (at least, not the Utah-Denver part), and thought we'd give it a whirl. Well, it WAS very scenic. It was also rather white-knuckley! There is a section between Grand Junction and Denver that follows the Colorado River through a narrow gorge. It is so narrow that they built the freeway by stacking the lanes one on top of each other. Do NOT go too fast on those curves!



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It was a great trip, but I'm glad to be home where it smells of cedars and water. Good night!