Steamboat Springs, CO -- where even the library looks like a chalet

This is the halfway point -- right around 1200 miles down, a little over 1200 to go. Word. I celebrated tonight with a giant slice of lasagna, a Newcastle, and a brownie sundae of some sort. If nothing else, I've developed a stellar eating capacity on this trip.

Steamboat is quite the unique town. It's part highway town, and the traffic is horrendous. But then mix that up with restaraunts that look like they charge $50 to walk in the door, people kayaking on the river that runs through town, and all kinds of new buildings that look like ski chalets. (The library is one of them. It's the Bud Werner Memorial Library in honor of a skier and looks like you should go inside and have a hot chocolate.) I just paid $25 for camping, which would be morally repugnant to most people who like to camp. But I got a nice spot, and the main building has laundry, showers, a pool, and a lounge with a TV (NBA finals game 3 is tonight). And it's the halfway point, so what the heck. My morals don't run that deep.