Forgot to mention yesterday that WY routes 120 and 789 were among the best roads we have driven on the entire trip. Wide, smooth and scenic, too!
Today we followed WY 789 again as it joined I-80 west for about 25 miles, then headed south. What a pleasure. Great road and views that give the phrase "wide open spaces" meaning. We often could see literally miles and miles in all directions.
Along the way we saw hundreds of Pronghorns, dozens of Prairie dogs, a big Red-tailed Hawk, many ground squirrels, Buzzards, and hundreds of either oil or gas wells.
All of this changed about the time we crossed the Colorado border and WY 789 turned into CO 13. The road became definitely second class with abrupt pitch changes, bumps, narrower lanes and shoulders, and much sharper up and down hills as the terrain changed from the flatly rolling prairie to hilly-to-mountainous. The wide open spaces were replaced by the sides of the valleys through which we were passing.
At last we reached I-70 at Rifle, CO, and the 60 or so miles west to Grand Junction were the best scenery of the day and among the best of the entire trip. Go here for a refresher on the scenery!
About 275 miles today, but got in early enough to do the laundry and arrange for Bro Jim and his Jackie (picture here) to come over from Rifle to join us for dinner. A good time was had by all.
Tomorrow will be spent getting the coach ready for a couple of months storage here in Grand Junction while we head back to NC for a while. Not sure how we'll get all the things we need out of the coach packed in the Tahoe for the trip home, but not to worry, I have a secret packing weapon --- MMG!
Love to you all.
MMG and DDG
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Hated looking at the snow pictures. Just glad it's you out there and not me! Travel Safe! Sue
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