For the second time in two weeks we are in a location where there is flash flood warning's!! We started out with a little drive through Durango, Colorado up through Main Street which is pretty cool. Then on up north on to what they now call the Million Dollar highway. It was built back in 1881 at a cost of $10,000 per mile!! It was originally a toll road. The fellow that built the road charged five dollars per wagon to across the pass. In the beginning it didn't seem like much but as we got closer to Silverton, the mountains got taller and more jagged. It must have been quite a feat back then to construct this road. As we climbed through the mountain pass I noticed a shake in the steering wheel. Something wasn't right!! So off to the only tire shop in Silverton. Not much of a tire shop but he does it all. Pulls off the wheel and tells me that it's out of balance but he can't fix it. So up the road we go to Montrose. Pulling up to the tire shop and all the tire junkies come out to take a look. Pulling off the tire and throwing it on the balance machine I see...A bent rim!!! Thank you New Mexico for the pothole at which I hit doing Mach Chicken being chased by the Dodge Truck!! You cost a front rim!! So off to the Chevy dealership to get a price. Not really a good price, $800 bucks and 5 days to get it from Ontario. So since our timeline does not allow us to wait I guess onward we go! I did find out leaving Colorado and entering Utah that at 100 mph there is no shake!! So I guess I have found a temporary solution. We pulled into a cute little town of Vernal Utah. I have never seen so many flowers along a Main Street ever. Huge beautiful flowers line the street. Amazing!!! Mike now has the name of Fred Flintstone! You should see the ribs he had for dinner. We are in dinosaur country!!
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