We leave Randy’s (Lawrence, KS) with a few more items than we came: a tent, ground pad, national park guidebooks, and an idea of where we are headed next. Among my friends Randy’s knowledge of national parks is unparalled, and thus the itinerary of our trip post-Kansas would largely be dependent on his recommendations. We end up deciding to camp Tuesday night in Rocky Mountain National Park, spend a half day in the park, making to Arches National Park in southern Utah by Wed night, spend a half day in Arches, and finally getting to Flagstaff, AZ by Thursday night.
The truck’s A/C is substituted for vent as the hot and sticky weather of eastern Kansas gives way to brisk 55 degree temperatures after a couple hundred miles heading west on I-70. Eastern Colorado is just as flat as Kansas (although a couple thousand feet higher. We eagerly await our first glimpse of the Rockies. Maybe it’s because of elementary school American history and stories of the Oregon Trail, or maybe it’s from old western movies, but there is definitely something about heading West that feels good to the soul…
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