Leaving the Vail area was just what you would imagine a ski haven to be. Really quite beautiful with large colonies of townhouses and hotels to keep the ski slopes very busy in winter.
The next item that caught our eye was the entrance to the Johnson/Eisenhower Tunnel. It is located approximately sixty miles west of Denver, Colorado on Interstate 70. It is the highest vehicular tunnel in the world. The Tunnel traverses through the Continental Divide at an average elevation of 11,112 feet. The facility lies entirely within the Arapaho National Forest. It is approximately 1.6 miles in length. Craig didn't like this tunnel, or any other confined space as far as that goes. I had to constantly remind him to breathe while going through until he finally saw the proverbial "light at the end of the tunnel"
As we were going through New Mexico, we saw the thunderstorm clouds getting darker and darker. When they finally let loose I can say that I was very happy to be in a very large truck. Most of the people in the "four wheelers", as truckers call them were pulling off to the side of the road the rain was coming down so hard. This picture shows one of many storm cells we observed.
Safely arriving in Pharr early Monday morning we headed over to the Broker's yard to drop off the trailer. We now start the waiting game to seen when it returns.
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