After waiting for mail that never came, we hit the I-25 Saturday afternoon southbound toward Fort Collins. We then got on the 14 but lost it, got directions & successfully headed west toward Steamboat Springs. Hwy 14 goes thru the Poudre River canyon, twisting/turning/winding/knarly road with great views of river rapids, waterfalls, mntns & canyon walls..After fueling up in Walden we decided to continue (it was 7pm) 1 and 1/2 hrs into Steamboat. Upon arriving we parked for the night at public lot set up for the Balloon Rodeo the next day!
Got up at 5:30 am after little or no sleep & boarded bus to the 'rodeo'. Was a really neat event; we saw the whole balloon process from start to finish! There was about 40 hot air balloons doing tasks of dipping the balloon basket into the nearby lake, dropping beanbags onto targets and of course ascending & descending properly.
After the Balloon Rodeo we got on the US40 headed to Denver--nice mntn views. On the way we found the Buffalo Bill Gravesite & Museum- which was an adventure getting to as the facility is on top of a huge hill-a very steep climb. Besides the cool museum there is spectacular view of Denver and seemingly hundreds of miles of landscape from the observation decks.
Upon leaving the B.B. Museum we got back on the interstate & used McD's wifi to find a campground (Walmart LOL) close to Denver where we stayed the night.
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