Leaving Gillette Friday morning the temp was -15C no wind, the sun was shining, and the roads were clear. As we arrived in Gillette Thursday evening we saw 2 massive coal mines and miles of coal filled cars. We saw more coal mines as we left Gillette. In addition to the coal mines we saw oil wells and livestock farms with cattle and sheep. The terrain was flat to mildly wavy plains with sagebruch, and many more buttes. We stopped at Douglas Wy for lunch and then continued South on I25 to Denver. The temperature kept rising and was -2C by the time we arrived at 2:30pm at Kelly and /Diane Megson's in Windsor Co, North of Denver,
We were early so we went to see the prices of 2014-15 Impala LTZs, about $41,000 for the 2015 and likely around 30,000 for 3014s. Tom learned that the very low prices we say on TrueCar.com were likely for commercial LTZ with no options. Conclusion: keep shopping in Canada.
Over that evening and the next day we had a lovely visit with Kelly and Diane and their girls, Makaya 14, and Makena, 12. We talked lots about the relatives and ancestors from the Edgeley area. Kelly showed us his photo collection of old photos and Tom took photos of those of interest. We had the pleasure of watching Mataya's volleyball practice preparing for the USA Nationals, and Makena's soccer game. Then we took the family out to the Austin American Grill in Fort Collins for dinner. Kelly showed us around the Fort Collins town centre, something like the Broadway area in Saskatoon or the Cathedral area in Regina. But with a much larger and rich population in the area this was much larger and remarkable. All the trees were loaded with lighting. The streets were made for pedestrians, and there was a wide range of shops and restaurants.
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