Day 17: Estes Park to Boulder, WY

This morning, we woke up and tried to do what we needed to for school as quickly as possible so we could head back to our rig and start our long drive.

Our truck was packed to the gills again. We arrived at our trailer in Loveland and it took so much more time to pack it back up than we anticipated! Since we had a long drive ahead of us, I was anxious to get on the road. Multiple RV blogs we read before we left on this crazy adventure said the worst thing you can do is rush. So while my natural instinct was to rush so we could get on the road, I reminded myself it would be much worse if we were to miss a step from working too quickly. Jordan nor I want to end up on the side of the road again.

We left a little after lunch and settled in to our drive. There was rain and a lot of wind at the beginning, but it cleared and we had a pretty easy journey to Boulder, WY.

The kids played games and yes, watched movies. Jordan and I listened to episodes of a Slow Burn podcast. We arrived in Boulder, WY (I always feel the need to include the WY so as not to confuse anyone that we are in Boulder, CO) right before sunset. It worked out perfectly because we didn’t have to set up in complete darkness. We’ve done that before. It’s not ideal.

This park is great, but we are only staying one night as we continue to make our way to Yellowstone. Our current discussion is whether or not we amend our itinerary because of the wildfires on the west coast. A lot of time and detail has gone into planning this trip so to scrap it and start over feels daunting and sad, but at the same time we aren’t interested in driving directly into wild fires. Based on forecasts that show winds shifting and some rain, we are going to wait until mid-week to make any decisions on altering our agenda.

Until next time…

Sarah