Colorado National Monument 2017

On Tuesday morning, we were off on the I-70 through the Rockies. It’s a nice drive and we had pretty nice weather — a few days after we went through, snow closed the I-70, so our timing was good! Once through the Rockies, the road slides past the Grand Mesa and then the rock walls…

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Colorado National Monument 2001

After exploring the Black Canyon of the Gunnison we drove back to Grand Junction because just a few miles west of it on the I-70 is the Colorado National Monument. Unfortunately the weather was clouding over and the light was not the best — there are some great views of the erosion of the side…

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Colorado National Monument 1995

We were planning on staying at Rocky Mountain National Park, but the weather (snow closed the mountain pass) had other plans. Thus, we ended up staying in Grand Junction — no camping here since we got there pretty late after a heck of a ride on I70 from Big Springs and some fine mountain scenery….

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