Wyoming

> We made it to Cheyenne, WY today. We would have like to have gone
> further but it took us longer to get down the mountain in CO than we
> thought it would. There was construction going on that caused
> delays and then Chase and our friend, Emma, got altitude sickness.
> We were at the Alpine Visitors Center, almost 12,000 feet high, when
> it hit Chase. He felt terrible! He was emotional, lightheaded,
> nauseated and had a bloody nose. He looked terrible too! We decided
> to say a quick goodbye to our friends and head down the mountain so
> Chase could get to feeling better. By the time we got to Estes Park
> (about 7,500 feet high) he was perking up. Shortly after that he
> was much better.

The drive down Trail Ridge Road is beautiful and intimidating. It's
the highest continuous highway in the U.S. I can't get over the fact
that they don't have guard rails on the edge of the cliffs. There is
NOTHING to keep you from tumbling down a 12,000 foot mountain! Some
of those twists & turns are quite tight! I guess eventually you'd hit
trees and that would probably stop you. But, there are no trees at
12,000 feet high! The trees don't appear until closer to 10,500 feet
high! Scary!!! Again, glad I got to drive seperately and wasn't in
the motorhome.

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