peg22 | Torino Adventure 2007 Part 1

After a long hot summer of prowling the back streets and sewers, tossing porno row, knocking down the heroin nests, our boys needed a break.

And so, because Hutch secretly loves John Denver, and Starsky secretly loves Hutch, they took to the road. The long, long road. The following is a photo journal of the trip. No bad guys, no guns, no Dobey. Just the boys and the open road and the Torino.
They started in Kansas City - because everything does - and drove the 10 hours across Kansas in eight.

What could be more perfect?

So Kansas is a little flat - Starsky got the Torino up to 120. Hutch threw up near Hays.

But, they made it. Barely.

Starsky stopped in Colorado Springs to get the Kansas dust and bugs off the Torino.
Hutch bought 12 books about gold mining and fur trapping. Starsky bought beef jerky and a Yoo Hoo.

And then it was up into the Rocky Mountains.

Which were gorgeous.

Until of course, Starsky had the great idea to take the Torino "off road"

which Hutch thought was a bad idea, until Starsky pointed out they were all alone . . . in the woods . . . on a mountain . . .
So Hutch popped in some Denver and Starsky popped a Coors and push came to shove and the Torino lost its parking brake and they ended up here: