Pete was up working during the night and ended up going back to sleep…which meant….we all got a sleep in!
The boys and I kept as quiet as we could in order to spend as much time possible relaxing and chatting in bed.
Soon our tour guide was up and raring to go. Motorhome packed up, propane filled and on the road, all by the mid-morning time of 10.30 am.
When we arrived into Grand Junction we thought it was very odd that some of (a lot of) the street names were numbers, with fractions. For example 28 1/2 Street, 24 1/4 Street, 26 1/4 Street etc. Our sweet Uber drive from last night informed us that the number correlates to the distance (amount of miles) from the Utah state line. There are also letter name streets that correspond with east-west lines. Apparently, it had to do with farming rights in older times, a-ha…
Out of Colorado we go today and into a new state Utah. Oops, I missed the border crossing photo.
We had been told the scenery in Utah is amazing and from what we have seen so far I don’t think it is going to disappoint.
We spent the first part of the journey driving along the Interstate 70 and then we took a side ride to visit the deserted, ghost town of Cisco (from the 1880’s). Apparently, it had been featured in a few movies such as Thelma & Louise. We didn’t get out of the bus, it looked very creepy. I guess that is what a ghost town is supposed to do. It did look like there may be a few residents still residing there…
After Cisco, we took the Scenic Byway of Highway 128 and boy, it did not disappoint. The views were breathtaking everywhere we looked. We followed the Colorado River and had lunch in the motorhome at one of the rest spots. We had lots and lots of photo stops along the way, marvelling at the magnificent scenery. It really blew us away. The windy road also nearly blew the motorhome away.
Our drive on the scenic highway was also filled seeing small desert animals, eagles, bike riders, canoeists paddling down Colorado River, taking selfies and finding lost mobile phones along the side of the road (we did find the owner).
Just before we got to our destination for the night Moab, we explored the Arches National Park, which has more than 2000 natural sandstone arches and other geological formations. Again, it was breathtaking and we had lots of photo stops, taking in the amazing views.
It was soon time to leave the park and drive to our campsite for the night, Canyonlands RV Resort & Campground.
We set up the motorhome, found our lost internet device that had slid under the slide-out after a short breaking incident and the boys had a play in the playground.
Up and across the street to the Moab Brewery for dinner.
It was a day packed with adventure and beauty and unbelievable landscapes.
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