Residence Inn Grand Junction

... mountain after distant mountain,
dusted with snow and covered with firs, with rustic cabins beside cool blue lakes.


On the way we found a frozen pond by
the side of the road, so we pulled over and let the kids play in the
snow and ice there. Fred and the kids had great fun throwing
progressively bigger and bigger rocks on the pond to see if they
could break through. I was a spoilsport and wouldn ...

... try to stay in our lane as much as possible – RIGHT ! So, we proceeded along the four miles to the visitor center. Tunnels should have been our clue, because the switchbacks were somewhat challenging for 42 feet of motorhome with a car in tow. At one point Jane spotted another large rig coming down toward a switchback, so we patiently waited to proceed up and use the whole road. The tunnels were as advertised, and we drove down the ...

... I had Mc Donalds for dinner! That was the THIRD time! Ahh!

While sleeping (since it was already dark), I missed Denver, half of the drive past the tunnel and the Rocky Mountains because it was too dark to see! And when we stopped at the restroom, we ended up staying at the rest area in utter darkness and coldness! CRAZY!

We arrived at the hotel at 2:15 AM, way past everyone's bed time.

Gotta sleep now. Too sleepy to even think (and hence, the short post).

... side. The wind was blowing so hard it felt like it would blow you right off the cliff! Fortunately that didn't happen and we finished the hike with out any injury, except for a small one. I got poked through my shoe when I stepped on a little Cactus while trying to videotape a lizard. Right now we’re just chilling at our uncle’s house.

-Matt

Great day, it was nice to hang out in Grand Junction ...

Last night we slept in the pop-up on our Uncle's driveway. After breakfast we went on a drive up through some of the mountains. At the top of one mountain we got parked and walked around. Some of the boys wanted to look over the edge but mom didn’t approve, but we did get pretty close. We had to leave early because of a meeting Uncle Dean had at the hospital. After he came home we ate lunch and got ready to go on a hike to the Hanging Lake near ...

... into town and walked around and met some of the other bikers, what fun to let them drag it out of us what we are and have been doing, especially when they are bragging just a bit about their tour. Thanks for all your words of encouragement it is really helping when the morning comes and I have to sit on that tiny seat for the next 4 to 8 hours. It is time for dinner and that is one thing that we do not do is miss a meal!

... Juniper and pinyon pine comprise the chief forest cover with yucca and wildflowers in the spring.) The drive through Colorado National Monument takes us from the valley floor to high up in the tree lined areas of the mountains. This area is similar to Arches but is mostly a drive through beautiful deep sandstone gorges. A man named John Otto came here in 1907, found the canyon and decided to promote it being a national park. He lived alone ...

... straight through to Grand Junction, Colorado - about 430 miles, mostly across Utah - in order to stay ahead of a storm coming down from the north. We're about a day ahead of it right now and I'd like it to stay that way until I clear the Rockies. Even w/o the snow however, the roads outta town are icy and cold... very cold, between 5-10 degrees. We stopped at a park in Ely to run around and take care of business - that didn't last very ...

... is geared for a top speed of about 165mph. That is about double what my brain is geared for. I'm very, very excited. And I'm very, very nervous. This will be my first time on a track. Whether you donate or not, tune back in to this log after April 16th to find out if I'm still intact - physically and mentally. I'll try to write-up an entertaining account of what happens when a ...

... time running errands , we didn't have time for campsite fun and headed straight in to tailgate. Also we wanted to get an old time picture taken before we drank too much. In all the year we have been coming we have never taken a picture. It turned out great with Jason (the outlaw) surrounded by six girls (barmaids). Jason then cooked up a storm... hot dogs, bar-b-que chicken wings, and some of the best burgers we ever tasted. Due to my liver hating me, I was pretty low ...