http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Colorado-National-Monument/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Colorado , Colorado National Monument en-us Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:08:00 BST Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:08:00 BST We set up camp as soon as we arrived and got on with the task of looking for firewood basically anything dry. Then I set about putting up the tent and unpacking everything from the car whilst Rich built the fire. 10 mins later just as Rich was about to light the carefully constructed fire the storm clouds decided to give us everything they had. For the next two hours we sat in the car with som http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Colorado-National-Monument/blog-315303.html Alright last stop in Colorado Colorado National Monument CONM. Does anyone else have any clue what Colorado National Monument is like We didn't. The reason we stopped was we wanted another stamp in our National Parks Passport and it was along the way to Moab and Arches National Park. We were pleasantly surprised by this afterthought of a stop which is just outside Grand Junction.CONM w http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Colorado-National-Monument/blog-309821.html My jammed packed mini vacation has begun. Have a conference next week in Denver so flew in a few days early to drive to Utah and see some of its famous national parks. On the way I stopped at the Colorado National Monument. Ended up renting a Jeep Liberty which is a first for me and fit the occasion.The Colorado National Monument has a 23 mile scenic drive Rim Rock Drive with some great vie http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Colorado-National-Monument/blog-208397.html