DAY 4- Onward from Utah to Colorado

It's hard to believe that we have been on the road for 4 days already. It seems like we should be all the way to Savannah by now, but alas we are only headed for Silverthorne, Colorado, near Denver.
We left Green River just a little late this morning, as I had changed all my "clocks", except my iPad which is the one whose alarm I use. Had I logged in, it would have automatically updated, but I skipped logging in on this device this day. So while thinking I was awake early and had plenty of time to get ready, in actuality, instead of it being 6:45 as I thought, it was actually 7:45 and we were 15 minutes late to breakfast.
While we ate breakfast, Jim and Ellen Jo went take a photo in the town.
It was a pleasant day when we started out with beautiful billowy clouds in the sky. There were still some of the plateaus in the vista that we so enjoyed yesterday.

Ellen Jo's Photo Following Us

Crossing the border into Colorado was not conducive to our stopping for a photo, so we went on the the visitor's bureau to pick up a map, and get our photo fix for entering Colorado. Ellen Jo and Jim did manage to stop, but I don't have their photo yet.

At the same location was a Vietnam Memorial Park which was very interesting.

The receptionist at the Visitor Bureau  indicated that rain was expected around noon time "to the East". She wasn't far off as the rain started around 11:50 AM, and pretty much continued  until we reached Dennis and Nancy's in Silverthorne, CO.  Jim and Ellen Jo fortunately managed to find a bridge overpass where they could  put up the Morgan roof.  As we ascended up the mountain, the temperature dropped rapidly as the rain continued.

VAIL PASS 

Not only was  the drive a steep curvy hill, there was a lot of construction going on making the twisty narrow wet road somewhat treacherous. Philip did a great job, although when we stopped to look for a lunch place in Glenwood Springs, he got too close to the curb on the bridge and put a couple of wrinkles in the brand new trailer. He feels very badly about this. 

About 4 PM in the afternoon, after going up a steep, muddy driveway, we made it to the lovely home of Dennis and Nancy, with whom we had spent 8 weeks in New Zealand in 2014. . Their home is at 9000 feet, so climbing stairs to the bedrooms was quite an effort for us. 

The rain stopped shortly after we arrived, but left all the cars and rigs very dirty. 

We met their puppy Hugo who was a very sweet dog.

Jim and Hugo

A wonderful steak and tuna dinner was prepared by Dennis and Nancy. John and Gail from Denver, who were on MOA V and Classic Travels Alpine Tour with us, joined us for dinner. They will be heading to Savannah on Friday to join us on MOA VI.

We also caught up with Michael, who will join us on the remainder of the trip to Savannah, if our slow speed doesn't get too unbearable for him. Our 300 or so miles a day is "nothing" to him.
As we are all getting older, and the elevation was somewhat stressful to us, we made it an early evening and headed to bed before 10 PM.

Michael and Dennis