The respite from the road has been great. We spent Sunday at Rocky Mountain National Park. I would be a fool to try to describe it with words. It was an exhilaratingly cool break from the heat and sweat of the the past few days. I was really hoping to see a moose, but settled for several herd of elk, a marmot, and some interesting bird life. We did a nice hike by a snow-melt fed stream bordered by some awesome cliffs and huge bolder fields. I was surprised by the 20-dollar-a-car entrance fee for the park, but when it was all over I decided it was well worth it. It was pretty crowded up there, and the traffic didn't always flow well, especially when the rubber-neckin' tourists saw some elk by the road. The Floridians building snowmen in the pull-offs cracked me up too.

Today we're spending part of the day here in Denver and visiting the Science Museum for the Body Worlds Exhibit. It's an anatomy and health exhibit using real human bodies, preserved with a special technique this guy developed that preserves all the color and texture of body tissues. I'm so stoked. We'll drive up to Fort Collins this evening and stay with another friend, and hit the road again tomorrow. We're planning to make it just north of Salt Lake City and stay at Willard Bay State Park, right on an arm of the Great Salt Lake. Corvallis should be in our sites by Thursday!!