Fortunately for them the weather has been unseasonably mild. I could see
driving at night try to cut down on heat issues, if that's what they're
doing; you wouldn't miss much in Kansas, but they're missing some amazing
sights now doing it that way.
Perhaps they can plan out the return trip so that they can actually see some
of the country?

Cya,
Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Ted Titcomb
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 7:18 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: breakfast in Saltlake City

The boys left Denver around 3pm yesterday, and arrived in Salt Lake City
this morning around 6:30.
They enjoyed a big breakfast of chicken fried steak and eggs and pancakes
and are now enroute to San Francisco through the desert in the heat of the
day!

They report no oil consumption(!) or problems, but lots of time in the
Colorado mountains in 2nd gear, around 23mph.
Looks like they are generally cruising at a considerate 50-55mph when grade
is even, and 3rd gear in the low 40's  when attacking grades up to 3%.
Still disappointed with the transmission of photos from them, but a few
trickle in:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/G-jE8CcKfaXgjBiaCUv_Fw?authkey=Gv1sRgCK
bEwqyyxonXsQE&feat=directlink