Grudge Post
Marsten, MO
Maybe Grudge Post is a bad title. Maybe not. I'm not holding a grudge or angry or anything, I just haven't posted anything in several days and feel like a should. To maintain continuity.
Truth is, there hasn't been much of interest in my life the last few days. A little same-old, same-old. I did get a trip to Colorado. That doesn't happen often. The company I drive for is one of the largest in the country, and as such, they tend to keep their solo drivers regionalized. I rarely get sent west of I-35 (Laredo, Dallas, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Des Moines, Minneapolis/St Paul, Duluth, etc. It essentially cuts the country in half). It's a pretty boring drive west of Kansas City on I-70, really. Kansas is 424 miles of a whole lotta nothing.
Still and all, it's interesting in a way. It's so flat and devoid of trees, you feel as though you're on the ocean. At least that's how far you can see in any direction. And it stays like that all the way to Denver. And there they are. The Rocky Mountains. They just spring up out of nowhere. It's as flat as flat can be for 600 miles, and then, within about 20-30 miles west of Denver, you've almost doubled your altitude from about 5000 feet to about 9000-10000 feet. It happens fast. Fortunately, I didn't have to go over the mountains this time. It's still snowing pretty regularly there and it's just a nightmare, so I have been told. I've been over the Rocky's in my truck once, but that was last summer. It's really beautiful there. Kinda makes you understand why John Denver couldn't shut up about them. ;-)
I drove around the Denver metro area (which has THE most horrendous smog of any big city I've been to, including L.A.) for about half the day making my delivery and then picking up my next load. I looked up at those mountains and was a bit overwhelmed. I can only imagine what early pioneers thought when they came upon them for the first time on their oxen-powered wagons and such. It had to be mind-boggling. "You gotta be freakin kiddin me" comes to mind. It explains why there are so many towns at the foot of the mountains along I-25. Most of Colorado's population lives along here. Still and all, it was a beatiful sight. And here at twistedyoda, we're all about love and information baby!
Curiosity of the Day
In western Kansas, along I-70, you will see signs in both directions advertising a roadside attraction whose featured act is a five-legged steer. O_o
Any Questions? Any Comments? Be Quiet As You Go.
Maybe Grudge Post is a bad title. Maybe not. I'm not holding a grudge or angry or anything, I just haven't posted anything in several days and feel like a should. To maintain continuity.
Truth is, there hasn't been much of interest in my life the last few days. A little same-old, same-old. I did get a trip to Colorado. That doesn't happen often. The company I drive for is one of the largest in the country, and as such, they tend to keep their solo drivers regionalized. I rarely get sent west of I-35 (Laredo, Dallas, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Des Moines, Minneapolis/St Paul, Duluth, etc. It essentially cuts the country in half). It's a pretty boring drive west of Kansas City on I-70, really. Kansas is 424 miles of a whole lotta nothing.
Still and all, it's interesting in a way. It's so flat and devoid of trees, you feel as though you're on the ocean. At least that's how far you can see in any direction. And it stays like that all the way to Denver. And there they are. The Rocky Mountains. They just spring up out of nowhere. It's as flat as flat can be for 600 miles, and then, within about 20-30 miles west of Denver, you've almost doubled your altitude from about 5000 feet to about 9000-10000 feet. It happens fast. Fortunately, I didn't have to go over the mountains this time. It's still snowing pretty regularly there and it's just a nightmare, so I have been told. I've been over the Rocky's in my truck once, but that was last summer. It's really beautiful there. Kinda makes you understand why John Denver couldn't shut up about them. ;-)
I drove around the Denver metro area (which has THE most horrendous smog of any big city I've been to, including L.A.) for about half the day making my delivery and then picking up my next load. I looked up at those mountains and was a bit overwhelmed. I can only imagine what early pioneers thought when they came upon them for the first time on their oxen-powered wagons and such. It had to be mind-boggling. "You gotta be freakin kiddin me" comes to mind. It explains why there are so many towns at the foot of the mountains along I-25. Most of Colorado's population lives along here. Still and all, it was a beatiful sight. And here at twistedyoda, we're all about love and information baby!
Curiosity of the Day
In western Kansas, along I-70, you will see signs in both directions advertising a roadside attraction whose featured act is a five-legged steer. O_o
Any Questions? Any Comments? Be Quiet As You Go.
posted by twistedyoda | 3/08/2006 05:17:00 PM
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