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Travel Blogs from Grand Junction

Wine Tasting in Palisade

A travel blog entry by debglaz1

We slept in a little this morning and then went down to the restaurant to enjoy our free breakfast. It's good to be Diamond members at the Hilton. They always take good care of us. After breakfast we got out our maps and wine book and planned our day. We are headed to Palisade to do some wine, beer and liquor tasting.

We also decided that this needs to be scouting trip for bringing Lesley and Ray here in September when they are visiting us ...

Driving Into Wine Country

A travel blog entry by debglaz1

... We decided to stop at a couple vineyards on our way into town. Most of the time when you go to vineyards you think of sprawling hillsides with acres and acres of grapes with a some fancy-pants architecturally unique building where they process and have their tastings. This is not the case in Colorado. Think more ghetto-fabulous.

Our first stop was Whitewater Hill. The have 37 acre and grow 10 types of grapes. We were greeted by Nancy the owner and ...

Utah Rocks!

A travel blog entry by wheelerlj

... were really shattered.We were treated to a reprise of many of the types of rock formations that we've been seeing in the national parks all over the west, but especially in California and Utah. We saw towering orange formations similar to those in Arches, creamy yellow-white ones like we saw in Zion, At one time we drove through a canyon with huge rock walls; then we were looking at ...

Back in Colorado

A travel blog entry by tlvice

... bags were some of the first to arrive. That is the first time that has ever happened to me. Usually we have to wait for a long time to receive the bags. We grabbed our bags, quickly breezed through customs, put our bags on the carousel to go to the plane, and went to the security line. We made it through security this time without any drama.

Our gate was quite a ways from the security area, of course. We had previously arranged ...

Drug screen, Diarrhea and the Most Beautiful Drive

A travel blog entry by cheyenneus

... 150-$200 bucks for no reason and they needed to find a solution, today before close of business. They told me they'd call me back.
Finally, they got me a Labcorp person, Pam, on the phone and she worked with me to try and find a place I could go, nearby. The closest 3rd party vendor was another 65 miles away. She would talk to me about options and then put the phone down and talk to the vendor, so I could hear her side of the conversation while I was holding and ...