We had a long day driving yesterday. Down through Wyoming on 191 and on into Utah where we are stopped now. It was pretty country, miles and miles with no sign of people including highway traffic. No trees and lots of sagebrush, purple sagebrush, and tan, sandy hillsides. The Rockies were our backdrop to the East. We saw deer and pronghorn and lots of cattle and horses.
We crossed into Utah late afternoon and drove through Dinosaur National Monument. Not much to see as far as dinosaurs or fossils, the big fossil wall has been closed down since 2006 and is scheduled to reopen this fall along with the visitors center. The rock formations were beautiful though, we drove as far as we could in (about 8 miles) and then the road turned to narrow dirt so we turned around (barely) and got outta there! Someday I'm gonna come back when the wall is open and drive down that dirt road and see what's at the end:)
We pulled into the campground around 8 last night and were greeted with a thunderstorm. It rained for a while, the first real rain of the trip. This morning, we awoke to blue skies and 60 degrees...pretty perfect weather again. We are doing laundry and regrouping for another day on the road.
Next stop, 228 miles...Arches National Park, Utah! Yay!!
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