Showing posts with label cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cars. Show all posts

Sunday, July 1, 2007

An Informal Survey Of Automobiles

For the record, our rental car is a Subaru Outback. This worked out nicely as it's the official car of the Denver metropolitan area. We're not joking when we say that 10% of all cars are Outbacks. This amazing statistic does not hold true for Greeley or the entire state of Nebraska.

Friday, June 29, 2007

Gambling, Colorado Style

Back home, we pretend that riverboats are still a part of our daily lives, and we put casinos in them to fool tourists. In Colorado, they take 19th century mining towns and let the casinos run wild.

Gambling is the only thing going on in Central City and Black Hawk. The casinos even run the gas stations. Just south of Black Hawk, we bought gas from a place called 'Bullwhackers'. We probably wouldn't have done this if we weren't driving a rental car.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Mysteries Of The Universe Solved!

A tire farm! They really do well in the dry climate. This is a new crop of Goodyears.

The Hunt For Indigenous Wildlife

Here's what we ended up with after a 30 minute ride on a dirt road to the Bookcliffs Wild Horse Range.