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Taken In Quartzsite Arizona Dec 7th 2015

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Rawlins WY to Grand Junction Colorado what a beautiful relaxing drive, and much warmer too.

Where are we today
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          After a good nights sleep, I slept in until after 4 am (thank goodness) much better than 2 am.. Coffees done, breaky done and a few walkabouts the Flying J. Waiting for the sun to come up. Sure is a busy spot 24 hours a day. Was cool this morning even at 7:30 am 44f. But we hooked up the car , dumped our sewage $7:50 here with our Good Sam card and we on the road heading west then south!
         A few minutes down the road we passed the Continental divide elevation 7,000 ft. once we turn off on to 789 we heading south and lower elevations. So nice to finally get off the interstate 80 onto a 2 lane road. We have been on I-80 since Monday in Pennsylvania, but we logged on a lotta miles.
Continental Divide 7,000 ft.
789 heading south, finally
       We stopped in Baggs Wy to stretch in an empty lot and across the street was the Cowboy Inn on one side and the Stage Stop General store, so fitting for this small town , population 440.
        Not far down the road we entered Colorful Colorado, more nice quiet 2 lane highway and next to no traffic no wind and no mountains, a few hills but nothing major, mostly downhill all the way, just like Al said.
       A little further down the road we pulled into Meeker Colorado and stopped by the town park. This was our destination yesterday, but with the wind we changed plans. Thanks again to the Bayfield Bunch (Al, Kelly and Pheebs) for another great recommendation. But it was only 11:30 am so we had a wonderful picnic lunch by the river. Perfect stopping spot, would have been nice to spend the night here last night
this guy just downstream
fly fishing
I already had my shorts on was getting
 quite warm
the park is under construction but
the dump station is open
cost $1.00 to dump and fill
construction going on
we crossed this bridge to the day use area
for our picnic
what a great place to relax a bit
for lunch
        A little further down the road we went through Rifle CO and hopped on I-70 west to Grand Junction Colorado.
I-70
         Not much traffic and only about an hour to go, we stopped at the rest area in Parachute Colorado for  stretch then headed back on down the road.
          Nice winding roads following the Colorado river through the mountain passes and even had one tunnel through the mountain. No mountains to climb and wind to deal with, was a perfect travel day.
not a long tunnel but still cool
interesting scenery
      We pulled into the Walmart in Gand Junction at 2 pm on a Saturday afternoon! But did manage to find a spot to park away from the store and the crowds. The masses were soon leaving so left us with a quiet night. And the temperature at 74f and much warmer in the sun. this is why we are here. Sunshine and warm.  Elevation here 4,583 ft, getting better.
thats the store from our door
all by ourselves, nice
     I went to check out the store and on the way passed this Lamborghini convertible in the Walmart parking lot! So cool. Shopping in Walmart driving a car worth 200k or much more?  Oh well it was nice to look at. Maybe a test drive but he did not leave the keys in it.
      We decided tonight to make a Walmart Pizza. Not frozen and only 5 bucks. Of course I will customize it to make it special for us.
this what we bought
add a few things that we like
      Onions, Tomatoes, fresh Mushrooms, extra cheese, and on my half Jalapeno pepper, black and green olives.
20 minutes in the oven was awesome
and yes we have leftovers
      Now we are close to where we want to be can slow down and smell the roses and see things that we came here for. In Rawlins this morning the cashier said it was unseasonably warm (44f?) and that they will pay for it soon. Glad we got through there when we did.
267 miles today
      Tomorrow morning we just gonna move on down the road about 2 hours to check out Moab Utah, one place we have always wanted to visit and looks like we are making it happen. Be there for a few days, maybe more, whatever, no real plans other than just do it.
      Thanks for taking a peak and hope your day was a great as ours was.


Where have we been this Winter

26 comments:

  1. Your getting yourselves into some mighty fine scenic country now. Don't be surprised if Moab is a bit congested because it has become so popular there with the young folks and all their off-road machinery. Could be hard finding a boon-docking spot. I can tell you where there is an overnight spot in Monticello later when you get down that way and when I see you getting down Mexican Hat way (if you go that way) I'll give ya a 'heads up' on something.......

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    1. Thanks for the tips Al we will see what we can find, then from there we heading to Pahrump NV. and check out Death Valley , Maybe not Mexican hat way have not looked that far ahead.

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  2. You are really making tracks and moving down the road. It'll be nice to have a few days in Moab. Just think ... Arizona is just around the corner -- well, kind of.

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    1. We are so looking forward to spending a few days here, and we are a lot closer to Arizona too.

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  3. I hope you get to see Arches National Park. We really like to visit there. There are lots of neat things to see around Moab.

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    1. Arches is the main reason but will be checking out other things too.

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    2. Looks like you are enjoying the trip and new sights too. It is great to have help as well from fellow travellers.

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    3. They travelled this route last year and is pretty rv friendly regarding steep grades, so took their advice and worked wonderful.

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  4. I don't think I'd leave the top down in the Walmart lot on my Lamborghini convertible.

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    1. Maybe if you have that much money your don't care?

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  5. You are making good time and some nice scenery too. Sometime this winter, we would like to visit that park in Nevada also.

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    1. Starts getting cold here pretty soon, that is why we here now.

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  6. That one photo could be titled...The Road To Nowhere. lol

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    1. Yes you are right, but it got us where we wanted to go eventually.

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  7. Wow, you really went out of your way unless you purposely did not want to take I-70 out of Denver and over the Rockies. Once you get to Moab, Take Rt 128 in your car along the Colorado and between the red cliffs for a spectacular ride. Drive it east and west as you will get two different scenes.

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    1. WE did not want the high mountain climb with our coach, it does not like mountains.
      Thanks for the tip.

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  8. Moab is one of my favorite places, so much there to see and do. :c)

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    1. We will be checking out some things for a few days looking forward to it.

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  9. You will love Moab and the surrounding area...it's beautiful!

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  10. A nice stress free drive, rewarded with a stunning pizza! Perfection!

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    1. It was a wonderful day and the pizza to finish it off was wonderful.

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  11. You could stop and visit Bill's sister in Grand Junction.. oops.. she quit speaking to him years ago... okay.. stop in Parachute and visit his cousin Al... wait a minute... Al died last year. Well, I guess if it were us, we'd just keep movin' on......

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    1. LOL... that's what we did in Moab right now to hang out for a few days.

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  12. Guess we cleared out of Grand Junction just in time? We left Friday morning and drove through Moab down to Bluff, UT.

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    1. You left in time to miss us I guess. it sure was nice when we where there on Saturrday

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