John & Rob transplanted the starter motor once again last night and we all took Tillie on a test run into Boulder. Lots of turning on and off of the engine. She performed beautifully although the ride back to the ranch was a bit scary. When they say "terminal winds" off the mountains in early evening they mean it literally! However, Tillie stuck to the road and we got back safely.
Tillie made one last effort this morning to stay in Boulder. For some reason her timing went aschew overnight but John fixed that easily enough. Kenny made us a lovely breakfast, we packed things up again, hugs and kisses all around, and we were off and running heading toward Wyoming.
We spent most of the day driving through incredible scenery on highway 287. It felt like we were in the set of a cowboy western with Tillie and her 85 horses bucking the wind all the way. In Colorado we saw lots of antelope and John seranaded us with "Home, Home on the Range". Unfortunately, or perhaps it's fortunate, he only knows one verse. Do NOT believe it when you see all those people and animals out on the range in the movies supposedly filmed in Wyoming. We went miles without seeing even a bird.
Tomorrow it's off to the Tetons and maybe even Yellowstone. If you don't see a post for a couple of days it will either be because our national parks don't have wireless or I've been eaten by a bear.