The original dispatch had us delivering the Genie in Eagle, Colorado, Monday morning. Craig doing some quick calculations in his head thought we could probably make it by late Friday afternoon, saving us the down time of sitting in Colorado all weekend waiting to unload. But that also meant that we would have to drive over 1100 miles in about 29 hours, with a 10 hour rest break and fuel stops. I called the business hoping that maybe they might be open on Saturday, but no such luck. They were more than happy to wait around until 5pm for us on Friday. This is where the time flight would have come in handy.
With this information, our maps, and mapping programs we set off on a whirlwind trip to go from Moses Lake, Washington to Eagle, Colorado. Remember how Eagle, Colorado became front page news when Kobe Bryant paid a visit there in 2003, and got into a wee bit of trouble? Our trip was uneventful, driving on highways we have traveled before. We stayed in a parking area at a weigh station just shy of the Utah border Thursday night. Friday morning we got through the rest of Idaho, then Utah, and then into Colorado. Eagle is situated between Aspen and Vail and as we got closer the scenery got better. First we passed through some canyon lands.
Then as we climbed up in altitude and the pine trees emerged.
After a quick unload, all of 18 minutes, we were on our way to a very nice truck parking area at Vail Summit which is over 10,000 feet in altitude, where we spent the night. I took a quick picture of the new boat trailer while we were parked there.
Our new assignment is to head once again down to Pharr, Texas, and 100+ degree temperatures to drop off the trailer and get it loaded with boats from Mexico. This time we are much wiser as to how to use our down time waiting for the trailer to come back across the border. Adios for now, I’ll be updating again from Texas.
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