Day 12 213 miles. Clear blue skies another day in paradise.
Today takes us over the Rockies; high passes and the Great Divide. Starting at about eight we are travelling roughly northeast west of Denver.
We drive through jaw droopingly beautiful high mountain scenery. The roads twist and turn with many a hairpin. The first Pass is the Freemont at 11318ft well above the tree line. The engines run very rich at this altitude and the older cars have to be manually adjusted to run efficiently. Our second high pass is the Loveland at ten feet short of twelve thousand feet. We met a cyclist from Yorkshire at the summit who was riding from Mexico to Canada – very impressive. Two more Passes, Berthoud and Milner, see us with fifty miles of Loveland where we have arranged to meet the British Car Club who will take us on a scenic drive through some beautiful Colorado river valleys.
A splash and dash at our hotel in Fort Collins as we had to get to Jim and Beth Murrays house who were hosting a Garden party in our honour for the rest of the members of the British Car Club. There was a gleaming array of pristine MG’s, Triumphs and Jaguars to admire all of which put our well travelled Morgans in the shade.
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