Boston to Steamboat in 2.5 Days held its challenges and pleasures. Most notable were our near death experiences with merging lanes of semi trucks through Chicago and cresting the pass in the Snowy mountain range of Wyoming/Colorado to glimpse a scraggly black bear and enjoy the fading light behind the Zirkel Mtns. Of all the white knuckle winter driving I've done, nothing compared to my level of anxiety driving through Chicago and the bliss I felt coming down into North Park in such beautiful light where my grandparents are buried and my father spent his childhood.
Somewhere in the middle of this everlasting state the Penske began vapor locking and didn't stop the rest of the trip. Apparently ethanol fuel mixture has a lower vaporizing temperature which led to our problem. With a new fuel filter and a short nap on the roadside we continued our Nebraska crawl without a stop at the Cabela's for a walk down memory lane (my father took me there during his business trips).
This was the view at our break down point and I couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to see this view without any road, power line, fences or planted crops and with herds of buffalo, antelope and deer roaming in the distance.
Almost home and at the bottom of Rabbit Ears pass the Penske caught fire and started shooting flames out near the wheel. Luckily we had the dregs of our coffee mugs to extinguish the flames and we were on our way for the final 30 minute home stretch.
Almost home and at the bottom of Rabbit Ears pass the Penske caught fire and started shooting flames out near the wheel. Luckily we had the dregs of our coffee mugs to extinguish the flames and we were on our way for the final 30 minute home stretch.
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