Up early and a wonderful morning run along the cycle path with Noah riding next to me on his new bike.
We saw cows, took a few pictures of the mountains and had some lovely Mother and Son chats.
Back to the motorhome and Wes was very keen to have a ride on the bike, without training wheels…
We jumped on his confidence and took him down to the cycle path and he did it, he had a small ride without the training wheels. A little bit more practice and he will be raring to go, very proud of you Wes 🙂
With the motorhome all packed up, we were ready to get on our way. The first stop, Glenwood Springs, and the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park.
We parked the motorhome at a recreation area across the bridge, collected our tickets and boarded the gondola to ride up Iron Mountain.
We had a small look at the adventure park before our cave tour began at 10 am.
The cave tour itself was very interesting, the adventure park, a western cheesy adventure park, fun if you like that type of experience.
Our Cave Tour Guide was lovely, but she was on the border of going from enthusiastic to annoying. Pete thought she had hurdled the border and kept running…
The view from the top of Iron Mountain of Glenwood Springs, the Roaring Fork Valley, and surrounding mountains was breathtaking.
To the east of Glenwood Springs, we could see the nearby town of No Name with No Name Creek, No Name Canyon and No Name Tunnel nearby. Gee, the person who named those places really did have a case of the hangover blues that day at work.
Down the gondola we went, lunch in the motorhome, a play in the park for the boys and then back on the Peter Brown Express. We are never sure what will happen next.
Back on Interstate 70 East. We drove through the rugged mountains following the Colorado River until we reached our destination for tonight, Grand Junction.
Before we arrived at the campsite we had a quick stop at Walmart, to pick up a new little and cheap ($64, and America wonders why China is taking over their industries) bike for Wes. He was thrilled.
Next, to the Grand Junction KOA Holiday Park. Time to set up camp, a play on the mini golf for Noah and Wes, a load of washing and a little time to relax before going back out to do some more exploring.
We had decided that it would be easier to see the main sights around Grand Junction in a car rather than the motorhome. After our arrival at the campground Peter had arranged a day’s car rental and they were going to collect us at 5 pm from the RV Park and take us to the depot.
We thought we might try and see the Colorado Monument in the late afternoon / early evening.
At 5 pm we were waiting, and then we were waiting, waiting. At 5.30 pm Pete decided to contact the company. After a few frustrating phone calls, we discovered that the local office had no record of our collection.
We did get picked up, by a lady so lovely she made it very difficult to stay angry. She told us a few of the reasons why we did not get collected, (outdated reservation system, average communication within the company etc. etc.) At one stage I felt like I was in an episode of Undercover Boss.
As this was the second time this scenario had happened with the same rental company I doubt that we will use them again. Particularly as a couple of their company’s mottos are keeping the customer happy and collecting you if you need a car rental.
Unfortunately, by the time we were collected the boys were getting hungry, Pete was frustrated and it was not a good time to explore the Monument.
Instead, we picked up the car, parked it downtown, had a stroll around the gorgeous town and then had a casual dinner at Pablo’s Pizza.
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