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I couldn’t leave Colorado without a detour to the Mecca of US motorsport… 😉
 
 
1. Fall colors in early morning…
 
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2. So motorsport enthusiasts, you recognize the track? 😉
 
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3. Yes, it’s the Pikes Peak road now paved till the summit culminating at 14,115 feet above sea level! On the first range of the Rockies, I can see the plains toward Eastextending over 1,500 miles…
 
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4. This road is just magnificent, the perfect hillclimb … Don’t worry, VLV didn’t brake Loeb’s record! 🙂
 
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5. Then Eastward through shortest path…
 
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6. The first 300 miles, it’s kind of desert where only graze a few scattered groups of cows. Then, Kansas is mainly dedicated to cereal growth. Large silos appear sometimes in the endless plain.
 
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7. VivaLaVida only crosses trucks.
 
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8. Small farm photographed on the fly, when drivingg…
 
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9. I love these trucks!
 
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10. Sunset…
 
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11. Early wake up in a wind farm where I spent the night.
 
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12. VLV doesn’t need much to stop…
 
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13. Driving through Kansas City…
 
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14. … then St-Louis, Missouri.
 
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After two days driving accross the continent and some 1,700 miles further, VLV joined Georgia where I had dinner with my friend Colin before reaching North Carolina to begin work that should allow to register VLV in Switzerland.
 
I will tell you more in a few days… 😀