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| Colorado Shell |
"we stayed with some friends in colorado and gave clementine a bit of a rest saturday. she looked great against the backdrop of the rocky mountains in boulder. we lit out of denver late sunday, gassed up, and made it to eastern kansas to set up camp.
we awoke at the rest stop just over the border to howling wind and grey skies. clementine started up quick. we checked her oil and transmission fluid, prepared ourselves for wet weather and got an early start. we dodged tumbleweeds and headed east on i-70, hoping to cover some ground before we hit the storm.
we wanted to hit some back roads. colby, kansas was our jumping off point after getting 300lbs of sand for the bed and sending some postcards. the studded tires helped a lot in the early snow, but after lunch it was clear we'd need the chains. for about 50 miles we were chained up on the rear end and crawled our way to salina, ks letting ambulances pass us by.
the snow turned to rain then back to snow by morning. it would be a few hours before we passed the storm. about an hour out of salina i saw a small modern hatchback come careening over the 20 foot median straight toward us. it kicked up frozen dirt and grass as the driver tried to regain control. we watched the car slide behind clementine, maybe 20-30 feet, before it regained control.
that, was way too close.twelve hours later we arrived here in carbondale, illinois. we had some killer barbecue along the way and picked up some fireworks in missouri. our friend here is a blacksmith and we're going to try and get clementine a little flair. another day here and we're into the hard push home for christmas. --JM
all photographs ©2011 Jarrod McCabe
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| Birds Before the Storm, Kansas |
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| Kansas Lunch Stop |
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| Prepping Gear for the Blizzard, Kansas |
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| Chained Up And Heading East |
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