We made it over Berthoud Pass (11,307 feet) without going lower than second gear or slower than 25 mph. There were a few "little old ladies" on the lower slopes that we had to pass. We got gasoline partway up and also used the outhouses.
Conaco Station
Filling station on the way up Berthoud Pass
Berthoud Pass
Bob's photo of me
Our uphill gas mileage isn't too good. We have our first cold weather since Hershey and the only precipitation - scattered rain mixed with snow. The car didn't overheat at all although Bob says we might have had more trouble if it was warmer.
Out back side window
Winding road
Mountains
Looking down the highway
Going around a corner
After Berthoud, we crossed the Continental Divide twice more at lower altitudes - Muddy Pass
Rabbit Ears filling station
and Rabbit Ears pass. Bob does all the mountain driving.
Reflection in lake at sunset
Ponies by lake
The deer season opened today and there are hunters behind every rock. We even saw three live deer at dusk. They came peering very imprudently over a hill to see what we were. They are not alone in looking at us. So many drivers turn all the way around as they pass that I'm surprised they haven't had an accident.
Bluff
Rock striations
Hood ornament pointing the way
Sunset ahead of us
Road at dusk
Sunday 17 October 1964 Vernal Utah to Elko Nevada - 434 miles
Clouds over the mountains
Speeding along
Sheepherder
Conaco Station
Filling station on the way up Berthoud Pass
Berthoud Pass
Bob's photo of me
Our uphill gas mileage isn't too good. We have our first cold weather since Hershey and the only precipitation - scattered rain mixed with snow. The car didn't overheat at all although Bob says we might have had more trouble if it was warmer.
Out back side window
Winding road
Mountains
Looking down the highway
Going around a corner
After Berthoud, we crossed the Continental Divide twice more at lower altitudes - Muddy Pass
Rabbit Ears filling station
and Rabbit Ears pass. Bob does all the mountain driving.
Reflection in lake at sunset
Ponies by lake
The deer season opened today and there are hunters behind every rock. We even saw three live deer at dusk. They came peering very imprudently over a hill to see what we were. They are not alone in looking at us. So many drivers turn all the way around as they pass that I'm surprised they haven't had an accident.
Bluff
Rock striations
Hood ornament pointing the way
Sunset ahead of us
Road at dusk
Sunday 17 October 1964 Vernal Utah to Elko Nevada - 434 miles
Clouds over the mountains
Speeding along
Sheepherder
- Next entry in the series 'Driving Coast to Coast - Three Cross Country Trips 1964-1966': Taking the Northern Route in 1964 - Finally California in a 1932 Plymouth - part 4
- Previous entry in the series 'Driving Coast to Coast - Three Cross Country Trips 1964-1966': Taking the Northern Route - Making it to Colorado in a 1932 Plymouth -1964- part 2
