Welcome to Colorado May, 15,
Land of handkerchiefs and Claritin. We got here just in time for hay fever season. First trees, then grasses. And it’s almost time to get the humidifier out. The humidity is down in the teens.
Jackson Lake State Park.
3,063 miles to Fairbanks.
Limited internet; can’t send campsite photos.
The first bad road this entire trip May, 14,
Starting right at the state line as we crossed into Colorado from Kansas. Eastern Colorado isn’t getting enough love (or money) from the state.
Limon, CO. There is a new RV Park in town. It doesn’t even look like an RV Park on Google Maps yet.
3,145 miles to Fairbanks.
Character.
Highway 83 May, 13,
Highway 83 has been very good to us. We’ve been on it almost all the way so far. Not like the freeway at all. It slows down and goes through every small town. Just like the old days.
It is one of the longest highways in America. It goes 1,894 miles from the Canadian border above Westhope, ND to Brownsville, TX. We’ve driven most every part of it on one trip or another. (In fact, on Google Maps, it goes all the way up to Swan River in Manitoba, but we haven’t driven that part.) We’re going to leave it soon when we turn left on Interstate 70 just above Oakley.
Tonight we’re at Lake Scott State Park.
This is the warmest sunniest day we’ve had so far this trip.
3,343 miles to Fairbanks. This driving to Alaska thing is easy. In 530 miles, we’ll be a third of the way there!
Canada geese and kids.
This is not how we normally do puzzles May, 12,
Usually, we start with corners and edge pieces.
Liberal, Kansas. We’re in town at a full-hookup RV site for long hot showers and laundry.
Just right.
3,422 miles to Fairbanks.
And in the neighborhood, red-headed woodpeckers and wild turkeys!
