Day Twenty Four
Moab UT to Rangely CO
This travel day was short, but it was a lot. First fun thing was that we saw a motorhome named Millennial Falcon.
We hit another wave of unsafe AF drivers, too. As if we can go faster than the truckers in front of us.
The very bare bones RV park we are in is for sale; the owners are ready to retire. I don’t think it will ever sell for a whole host of reasons. When we checked in, though, the owner gave us a little map of the town and a very nice visitors guide. The guide is full of really good information about events, petroglyphs, town history, local and nearby stuff to see and do. The town is ATV/OHV friendly and there is a lot to do here: climbing, golf, wildlife, museums, rock crawling, and more. They even have an old water tank converted into a Center for Sonic Arts.
After we set up and relaxed a bit, we drove to one of the petroglyph spots. It has been damaged, and the Bureau of Land Management left it that way to show people what not to do. We also picked up all the broken glass we could find/carry. Many signs in the area also had large bullet holes in them. People suck.
And then, true to our form, we hit the Main Street Pub (the only bar in town) and met some really nice locals and a couple of other visitors, too.
Day Twenty Five
Dinosaur National Park – east side
The east/Canyon side of Dinosaur National Park is free. There is still a nice little visitor’s center, too. It’s mostly lookouts you can drive to and trails you can hike. There are also several picnic areas; we took advantage of the one at the Echo Park overlook. We were practically the only people in the whole park. Except for Echo Park–where there were 4 cars–we were the only ones at every lookout. There is a 4×4 road, but it’s 12 miles and takes an hour. We just didn’t feel like 2 more hours of driving.
We saw a deer cross the road ahead of us, a groundhog do the same, and a bluebird atop a tree.
The park road is about a 30 minute drive, not counting stops. it also leaves Colorado and is in Utah for a little bit…and then goes back into Colorado. He noted that we’ve entered these states this many times on this trip:
- Wyoming – 2
- Idaho – 1
- Utah – 4x
- Colorado – 3x
After we left the park, we encountered some racism/sexism and illegal activity in a neighboring town. Again, people suck.
We grabbed some groceries, hung out for a bit and then went back “to town” where we “closed down the bar” again (at 10pm). We had nice chats with a couple of locals and the bartenders. On the way back and right by our campground, we saw three bunnies.
the river for Echo Lake
on the right are easy to see in real life
