Taste the Rockies

Day 5
Lusk, WY to Frisco,CO

Today started with us checking out the metropolis of Lusk, we were done in 10 minutes. As usual though as we were checking out of the hotel, our surfboards caused great intrigue among the locals who were very nice and full of questions. We finished packing the car and then smuggled Napoleon out of the hotel room. No pets were allowed so I turned him into a big pile of laundry that I put on my lap in the front seat (I got my inspiration from ET).
We headed south through the Cowboy State, and about 2 hours later we were in Wyoming. While the Western part of Wyoming is full of stuff to do, the eastern part doesn't have too much to offer, as you can see by our photos. The highlight was Nikki wishing on the gigantic sized dandelions found at the rest stops.
Once were we in Coloroado, we were suddenly rushed back into society by the sudden influx of the outlet malls at Loveland. After not seeing anything like this in about 4 days was kind of a shock, and it made me wonder why people don't travel more often to enjoy life outside shopping and strip malls...ok back off the soapbox and more to the trip. We took a detour and drove through Rocky Mtn National Park on the way to Frisco. This place was amazing, but I imagine it is a lot like driving through Yellowstone. The views were amazing and the place was abundant with wildlife. There were elk around every corner, and you would think that people would have never seen an animal in their life as to how some people were driving. People would stop directly in the middle of the road or even better be driving down the wrong side of this narrow 2 lane road to get a photo of an elk that they thought was 1000x better than the one they just took a photo of 3 minutes earlier. I on the other hand was more concerned of driving off the side of the road and careening thousands of feet down into the valley below...talk about stressful. The road had no guardrails and made 180 hairpin turns about every 1/4 mile, but the views were worth it.
We made it out of the park alive and ended up in Frisco about an hour later. Napoleon was greeted at the door by his cousin Barley, and couldn't have been happier to get out of the car. The same went for us. We rode bikes into town for a great dinner at the Himalayan Cafe, a Nepalese restaurant, and the food was amazing. We rode bikes around town for a bit and then back to the house to pass out. Tomorrow my sister gets back in town, and we're going to go explore Summit county.


Day 5 stats
354 miles
248 outlet stores
134 elk
1 dead butterfly