I woke up to the sound of blaring horns, with cramps in both my legs and a sore back. Took me a minute to figure out where I was. Oh Yeah, I’m parked in a rest stop in the middle of Montana. We spent the night sleeping in the car with the dogs. No road trip is complete without a night in the car, hunched over the steering wheel in a sleeping bag. Warning! This is not something that should be done by the faint hearted. But I consider it mandatory if you haven’t done it since you were 20. It’s a right of passage for road trippers. We had to get ourselves from the middle of nowhere Montana to Seattle. It was going to be a long day… Continue reading
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Road Trip Salt Lake City to The “Middle of Nowhere, MT” – Diary Day 10
Today began day one of a two day stretch with no stopping in a hotel. Since we decided to stay in Keystone an extra day we killed our other reservations and we (Lauren) decided that the trip had been too “structured” to date. I was happy to give it a whirl and see what came up. I jotted down a of couple notes on paper, regarding our route, and headed out. We were to be electronics free for this drive (with the exception of our camera of course). We ended up driving 626 miles from Salt Lake City to Montana, and ended up cutting through Idaho. We also saw some of the coolest terrain ever at The Craters of the Moon, drove through a town of 28 called Atomic City, got hit by a dust storm, learned what a scarp is, and drove through a canyon.
Road Trip Denver to Salt Lake City – Diary Day 9
Today was a bittersweet day for us. I was sad to leave Colorado, because it felt so homey there, but I was also eager to keep heading west on our road trip and explore a bit more. Last night it snowed at the mountain peaks in Keystone, which was absolutely amazing to me. It was a truly memorable sendoff. I thought we were going to be in for a dreadful and boring trip through the country side, but I was hugely mistaken. We cranked out 520 miles on our road trip from Denver to Salt Lake City, had the iPod tuned to Cake, and saw some pretty amazing sites.
Keystone Colorado – Road Trip Diary Day 8
Keystone Colorado turned out to be so fabulous that we decided to book another day. Between the new friends we had made and the incredible feeling of relaxation we couldn’t bring ourselves to leave just yet. It rolled back the rest of our trip but we had only booked the next two days anyhow.
Keystone Colorado: Road Trip Diary Day 7
I looked out the window, and lo and behold, there are mountains out there in Keystone Colorado ! It really makes a person feel so small. We are staying at a pet friendly resort here in which is, creatively, called the Keystone Inn. We actually got a pretty sweet deal thanks to a friend of ours, who coincidentally is really the reason we chose Keystone as opposed to anywhere else in Colorado for out road trip. Turns out Keystone isn’t just a place to ski in. Continue reading