I love traveling the back roads and hwy 50 is a great one. Many small interesting towns and light traffic. You can take it all the way to Ohio.
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| Climbing the west slope of the Rockies |
Below Monarch Pass was a flashing sign saying that chains would be required at 10,000 feet. Serenity doesn't chain up. It was clear and sunny, pavement was dry, I decided to head on up. I could always boondock somewhere up there.
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| No shoulder. Don't look down |
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| Monarch Pass 11.312 feet. Open, no chains required. |
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| Old mine |
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| Interesting home |
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| Out of the Rockies. Boy is it flat. |
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| 222 slow intense miles. |
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Tucked in at Beymer Park, KS. Its Free. The wind will rock me to sleep.
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Yesterday marked the beginning of my 6th year on the road. It has been a great adventure. Great new friends and wonderful places visited. What a great country we live in.
The travel writer William Least Heat-Moon (who claimed to have visited every county in the lower 48) recommended that visitors who want to see the US should rent a car and drive US 50 from Ocean City MD to Sacramento. US 50 passes through Chase County, KS, about which he wrote an excellent book (PrairyErth).
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