After a week in Denver working on “Eleanor” we finally set out for more open spaces. The road to Telluride is about as beautiful as beautiful gets on this earth.
Eleanor is powered by used vegetable oil, which is what makes this trip possible. Neither of us would feel right about driving thousands of miles and using many hundreds of gallons of fossil fuels, not to mention the fuel costs that would entail. Instead Eleanor has a 70 gallon external fuel tank that heats up and filters vegetable oil that we get for free from restaurants along the way. So far restaurants have been very willing to let us raid their stash of waste oil, that often times they have to pay to dispose of. For more information on the veggie system visit our friends Regan and Kirby at Go Green Early.
We came upon a herd of about 80 Elk when we were cooking breakfast up some dirt road near Telluride. They roamed with majesty and moved in rhythm with each other. We soaked up the vistas as we cooked our eggs and laughed about how the people in the nearby homes paid millions of dollars to have the same view that we were enjoying for free from our home, Eleanor.
We have yet to come across our first hitchhiker, however we did do some interviewing on the bustling Main Street of T-ride. Most people were very willing to talk and answer our questions. A Frenchman, Ju-ju, informed us that in Europe it is not uncommon for hitchhikers to be invited to stay overnight at the drivers home, receive a warm meal, and be taken to their next destination the following day.
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Be safe. Love you bubs.
Looks like a good trip thus far. Do good.