IntrepidXpedition 2007: Day 2 – The day that almost wasn’t!
Why was it almost not? Well, when I got close to the Nebraska border, not only was my Jeep running very warn and almost overheating, but my transmission wasn’t shifting properly…….
I decided to stop and get dinner at Country Kitchen and then turn around and head home. Luckily after dinner I scanned my check engine codes and was able to clear it causing the shifting problem to go away. Then I decided to make it to Denver by morning in order to fix the overheating problem. During the night I was able to drive with no issues since it was cool out, but as soon as it warmed up, I had to turn the heat on to keep the vehicle cool enough. I ended up only sleeping 1.5 hours last night (as still haven;t got any more than that), making it to Denver by 9am and replacing my whole cooling system (with a big help from Mark over on NAXJA) by around 3pm. I was still able to stop at Sonic for dinner and make it to the Sawatch Range by 5pm so I could run a trail or two and keep on schedule!
What a day!
Anyways, here I am getting ready to head to bed at Chalk Creek campground in Nathrop…..so I can explore some more tomorrow (plus make up for my lack of sleep last night). It feels great to be back in Colorado again!
But I will leave you with a couple of pictures I have taken so far. Enjoy 🙂
Fixing my Jeep in Denver:
Sevenmile Road:
Now I am off to bed…..goodnight!