Colorado Weekend

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=50 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="043085a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Lone Mt Homestead</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lone Mt Homestead"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lone Mt Homestead"><U><B><IMG SRC="03b0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Beginnings"><U><B><IMG SRC="03e0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="down" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Touareg Photos"><U><B><IMG SRC="02f0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id280.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" New Mexico Trip 26"><U><B><IMG SRC="0300e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="dddc8c83.gif"> <div> <I><B>Trip #26: The Drive West</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>In mid August, 2008  I allowed myself 4 1/2 days to drive just over 1530 miles to Colorado Springs from the Windsor/Detroit area.  I followed US 24, a highway that begins in Detroit and goes all the way to Vail, Colorado.  I focussed a lot on the Indiana portion of the road, with other stops scheduled in Peoria and Quincy, Illinois, as well as Topeka, Kansas.  The weather was perfect until I arrived in Colorado, when all hell seemed to break loose...</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>Click on the first title below, and navigate the little yellow arrows from there!</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id302.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Beginnings"><U><B>Beginnings</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id303.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Indiana Continues"><U><B>Indiana Continues</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id304.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Still More Indiana"><U><B>Still More Indiana</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id305.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Into Illinois"><U><B>Into Illinois</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id306.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Through Missouri into Kansas"><U><B>Through Missouri into Kansas</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id307.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Topeka and Beyond"><U><B>Topeka and Beyond</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id308.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Conclusion to Part 1"><U><B>Conclusion to Part 1</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>