All Quiet on the Colorado Front

Well, we finished Load 001 yesterday. We traveled to Calhan and saw Pikes Peek in the background that added some natural beauty.



We delivered the mowers to a large turf farm out in the middle of no where, but despite the remote location, the equipment they keep is pretty impressive. I had never seen turf tires, I only am familiar with the tractor tires that make a lopsided "y" shape.



Here you can see the type of mower we brought down attached to one of the turf tire tractors, they look more like road tires very flat, not to disturb or destroy the precious grass. We talked to their 'farm manager' and got a little tour of the operation. Here is a picture of the all important turf cutter:



If you click on the picture and see the enlarged version, you can see beneath the lower roller, the knife that cuts under the ground and slices the roots in half, enough to allow them to keep growing in the turf that's cut, but also leaving enough to regrow in their "Turf Circles". [They are circle shape because the sprinkler system is a permanent and they just grow what they can water, like the big hand on a clock in a square frame.]

Dad is hurting a bit on account of a hyper extended right ring finger. My same finger was sprained my Senior year of High School during a football game and has never been the same, mine always hurts at the middle knuckle, I think his is hurting all the way up to his elbow. Here's a picture, If you can't tell it's the swollen one that's shades of purple, blue and in some fortunate places, still skin toned.



We just left our truck stop this morning and are less than ten minutes on the road and leaving the little "Flyin B's" behind us for a stop that may have an oil parking lot a little closer to a civilization. Not that I'm extremely excited about that. Last night was quiet and secluded. Here's some of the surrounding area.



But the night sky was awesome, with not lights or clouds to disturb it, the bright dots were accentuated by the dark blue and engulfing black around them. The almost full moon did hinder our view a bit, but I was willing to suffer through, since it was a Waxing Moon and looked to twice the normal size.

We drove toward pikes peek giving us a couple more looks before we turned and headed a different dirrection and now we can watch the peek in the distance again, dunno what one it is. Here's a couple more of Pikes.



Well this post was more for pictures than anything. Hope you enjoyed the posts and pictures, hopfully we wont be the only truckers at the next stop and I'll maybe get some more Trucker Wisdom.