Blogs from Grand Junction, Colorado, United States, North America

I woke up with a load more hives - they have now spread to my legs and lower back. I went to the Pharmacy for a diagnosis,but they had no idea and suggested I try Benadryl for the itching. The Benadryl is helping with the itching but its not helping with staying awake. I felt exhausted an hour after taking two tablets! We went wine tasting at luchtime - (to a vineyard in Palisade, called Grand River Vineyards).We tried 8 wines (for $3.50) and it was well worth it. The info they gave us was great and the wines were really good. I got tipsy and accidentally spent $70 on wine and Port. We then went to sit by the river for lunch and then walked the River Park Trail (a 3 mile walk around the ... read more

I woke up with lots of hives today. They are on my arms and back and area really itchy. I am baffled as it was far too cold for mosquitoes and no one else has bed bugs. We had an early start as it was an 8 hour drive to Grand Junction, so we said goodbye to our strange motel owner, (Elton Johann) who said once again that we should visit Sedona (meant to be one of the most beautiful towns in Colorado, thanks to the huge red rocks surrounding the town, where the cheapest house costs $2,000,000) It looked gorgeous but it would add another couple of hours onto our journey, so we moved on. On yhe drive, we experienced all the Colorado seasons...sun, rain, thunderstorm, snow, hail... I am used to this after last ... read more

Saturday 9th October Grand Junction (Colorado) - Flagstaff (Arizona) - 436 miles. We stayed over in a Motel 6 again and they are cheap and cheerful and only 35 quid for the room which is good considering they are clean and the showers are great plus it cost us 3 pounds to do our laundry!!! Clean socks and pants for another ten days!!! wooohooo!!! We managed to avoid the traffic this morning and took off In a southerly direction through Colorado, skimming Utah again!!! then into Arizona. I dont know why but the route we've taken has got us crossing the Utah state line again before heading into Arizona. Ive checked the map and yeh we seem to have driven down the Utah state line almost. Neverheed we carrried on down the road a little and ... read more

Day 14 Salt Lake City to Grand Junction, CO We took our time getting up today. It was so nice to sleep in a bed and have a hot shower. Around noon we ventured out into the streets of Salt Lake City, UT. For those of you that don’t know, Salt Lake City is the Holy spot for the Mormons. Brigham Young led a group of followers across the country and brought them to Salt Lake. The first thing that we noticed was that the streets were so ....HUGE....we read in our handy dandy AAA guide that the streets were designed to be “wide enough for a team of four oxen and a covered wagon to turn around”. We also noticed that the place was empty! Granted it was a Saturday, but....it was spooky empty! The ... read more

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 mid 40's for the entire race. It was a tough race and I'm feeling it in my feet and legs. The scenery of the race was impressive!! The Aspen trees are turning colors. Most of ... read more

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 the top we went through the tunnel and started coming down the mountains. Still lots of snow on the tops as the photos show. We drove down to a place called Georgetown (Old Gold Mining ... read more