Two Busses, Two Trains and a Long Car Ride
Greetings to everyone. In our last post we wrote how we were going to Denver to try and cross the Rockies before severe weather set in. Well we went to Denver and we decided to camp a few days at about 7700 feet elevation for a few days to try and get acclimated. Some of our family dropped us off at a campground just west of Denver. The next morning we noticed we were all a little short of breath but this was to be expected because of the drastic altitude change so we were not worried. We walked about 5.5 miles on the first day and then rested the remainder of it. We were able to see some buffalo, mule deer, different kinds of squirrels and chipmunks we have never seen and many different types of birds we have never seen. On the second night Jennifer said she had noticed some swelling in her body and we thought it must be due to the altitude. We had been reading on AMS (acute mountain sickness) and we decided to keep a close eye on each other for the signs of AMS. The next morning w...