What a day!!!! I am trying to do an organized event in all 50 states. While on this trip, I had knocked out two more states and CO was on the agenda for today. 25k should be about 15.5 miles. It WAS NOT 15 probably a bit closer to 17. The run started in Marble at an elevation of 7,950 feet. I didn't really know that going into the run. The run gained 2,900 feet in almost 6 miles. It started to drizzle some at mile 4. It really started to rain at mile 7.5 and it was probably in the [View Full Entry]

---

---

I should point out that 1600 miles is the approximate total distance so far, not the distance from Montrose to Grand Junction. (Although I suppose it could be if you went by way of Salt Lake City.) That's it. Carol says Hi! [View Full Entry]

---

---

Today we rode from Gunnison along 50 to Montrose, stopped at the Harley Dealer and then went on to Grand Junction. (About 1600 miles or so.) We're working our way north to Yellowstone. This is not the best route from Gunnison, I think. Oh Well. More beauty ahead. No pics today except one. Gunnison to Montrose is OK. More mountains and valleys. One more pass to go over; Cerro Summit (7,958'). rain, as usual, there. but nowhere else. Montrose to Grand Junction is not such a great ride. There is some nice country, to be sure, but a lot more industrial [View Full Entry]

---

---

plan to go to Black Canyon but weather is bad. we went Unaweep Canyon instead. not popular but quite good fun climbing there. nice granite canyon with green behind red sand stone. [View Full Entry]

---

---

17th May, 2009 Grand Junction to Idaho Springs Just when you thought you had seen everything, today was awesome, from Grand Junction we travelled East over the Rocky Mountains, summit being 10,603 ft. Up through small Ski resorts (no shortage of money here if the homes etc are anything to go by), such as Rifle, Glenwood Springs, Gypsum, Eagle, Edwards, and Vaili. We followed the Colorado River up the Valley - a raging torrent with many rafters enjoying the rapids, untill we reached the summit, a big climb towing the RV but on a fantastic two lane highway (each way). At [View Full Entry]

---

---

14th May, 2009 Off to Grand Junction, Colorado today, pretty quick trip, only 116 miles and mainly along SH70, never fails to amaze me as I move along at 65mph, the big rigs passing and leaving me behind + the motorbikes ripping past, no helmets and only wearing the lightest of clothing ie a singlet, shorts and jandals, suppose they are cool and very dead if they come off. Plan to stay in Grand Junction for three nights, we need to catch up on washing etc. 15th May Grand Junction is a nice place, pretty laid back, we went for a [View Full Entry]

---

---

16th May, 2009 Grand Junction Today I need to start with a History lesson, In 1945 Lloyd Olsen, a farmer in Fruita was slaughtering a chicken (named Mike) when his axe slipped and he didn't kill the chicken, it was headless but had its brain stem, a jugular vein and one ear intact. The farmer kept it alive by feeding it mash and water through a syringe - it was a "miracle", and he toured the country making enough money to pay off his farm, buy new equipment etc, anyway Mike died after about a year, and today they have a [View Full Entry]

---

---

Thankful that we didn't have to pack up and check out of the hotel today, we spent the day in Grand Junction and Frutia, Colorado. Sleep was not so great last night, both boys had a pretty hard time. This meant we got a later start than anticipated this morning, but still got everything in. Our main focus for today was Dinosaur Journey Museum in Fruita. Since this is our "Dinosaur Trip" it was time for us to spend some time hanging out with dinosaurs. The museum had some great exhibits and hands on activities for kids. The boys appreciated being [View Full Entry]

---

---

After much ado, it is time to come out of hiding. With grand plans of catching up on blogs of traveling through Europe when we got back to the States, we promptly wrote of nothing on arrival. So with a much belated edition to the series I am hoping to resume our blogs by starting out where we ended up before getting back into where we were. Err...yah, hope you got that... Our ship has landed...our itchy travel feet sated for the time being. Grand Junction, Colorado is our new found home. The name of the town is nothing much. It [View Full Entry]

---

---

Greetings from Grand Junction, Colorado. It was a most interesting drive of 333 miles today from Limon to Grand Junction. I’m really glad I pressed on the previous days as I was able to drive beyond where any snow may be falling tonight. I topped of the fuel tank on the east side of Denver, made a stop at Camping World, and headed for the Rockies. DB did great in the mountains. I missed two good opportunities to capture some images today, but I did stop and take a few shots along the way. I had numerous rain and snow showers [View Full Entry]

---

---