[Healeys] The Mad Dash - part 2

Bob Brown blkbt7 at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 11 17:18:46 MDT 2008


July 5th  saw us leaving the hotel by 4.30  we gave ourselves an extra =
hour sleep in. It was a very pleasant 80 degrees. Our next stop was for gas.
I'd never seen this before but there you go... Ian took the nozzle from the
bowser and it had been left locked in the On position which meant that both
Franklin and I were sprayed with petrol. Ok, you're thinking Hmmm nasty !
Right? But wait there's more, the attendant then comes out with a small cup of
absorbent stuff to cover the spill with a lit cigarette in his hand!!!!! I kid
you not!!!!.

The change in scenery has been amazing and spectacular. From the
San Diego fog  no sorry we were too early for that  to the desert heat
extremes. To  little scrubby vegetation to grassy green slopes with healthy
looking trees and cows
Colorado is just beautiful. We had to stop and put our
jumpers on and then stopped just outside of Denver for gas. Lunch was at a
place called Julesburg. The gas stations air con wasn't working very well but
the food was good and the cool drinks kept coming. Yes we were back in desert
Grand Canyon geography again.

Nebraska is a good 10 degrees cooler than
Colorado, probably because we were running along next to a river. we stopped
in Kearney for gas and Pat discovered a nail in one of Bob's tyres. We were
advised by the station attendant that Wal mart Tyres might be still open. It's
now 6pm and God bless Walmart they were still open for emergency repairs. By
8pm we were back on the road again.

We stopped at Hasting Holiday Inn for a
room but they were not offering any discounts so we motored on. In a small
town of York another 40 miles or so up the road they were offering 20%
discount plus a BONUS score of a Starbucks next door.


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