Westward 2013 - Part 2 (8/13 to 8/16: Bells, Pikes Peak, and the long ride home)

This will be my last post for this trip.  We just made it home after an 1,505 mile drive from Buena Vista.  Although being on the road is fun and exiting, there really is "no place like home", Dorothy.  I through that in seeing we just drove across Kansas for the first time.

Anyway, Tuesday was out last day in BV and we were able to drop in on our friends Bruce & Carrie Bell in Poncha Springs.  What a beautiful home they have here.  Carrie has an amazing eye for decorating and Bruce has made the outside into a park-like setting.  Dinner in Salida at one of their favorite river-side haunts was fabulous.  Thanks again - it was great to see you both.

Wednesday we started the long drive home.  We drove up to I70 which would get us most of the way across the country.  But, in order to get up to I70, we drove through Colorado Springs at the base of Pikes Peak.  We made a quick stop to leave the RV in a Walmart and drove to the top at 14,110 feet.  It was so cold at the top and such a long and scary drive.  The view and the famous donuts at the top made it all worth it.  

 Pikes Peak from below

 Yes, that is yet another a sheer drop 

 This is what the climb looks like.

This is also at the Summit - there is a cog railroad that climbs to the top.

Two hours later we were back on the road and headed to Kansas- and here is all we saw across Kansas...

Corn, corn and more corn.

We spent the first night in Kansas, the next night in Tennessee, and tonight we will be in our own wonderful home in Georgia - but not until after a fabulous dinner with Ray & Dale