[gregdacat]

Not to hijack the thread,

but Jake I have made the Newport KY to north of Denver CO run straight through on many occasions. The wife and I trade off driving every 4 hours. Apologies to folks that live in Western Kansas or Eastern CO but that part of the drive is brutal. You can only spend so many hours driving through barren prairie, before the psychosis starts to set in. I do not take the 986 though, I rent a car so I can bring my bicycle. Nothing says thrill like riding a bike across the Trail Ridge Highway in Rocky Mountain National Park at 12,000 feet with no guardrails.