Today we left Grand Junction Colorado around 10:30am. Beautiful clouds. Driving along I-70 West is like cruising through a mini version of the Grand Canyon. You can see old Reef areas from when this part of the country was under water. Rocks vary in red, whites, grays, greens and yellow colors in varying layers. The wide open spaces make Jeff feel expansive and for Jocelyne the same areas feel desolate until large rock formations are visible and bigger than life. There are areas where there are no towns/services for 100 miles. And few, if any plants, with dry areas for many miles.
Stop at a rest area about 30 minutes east of Salina, Utah. Total mileage so far: 1855.5 (note the repeating 5's)
555= hold on cuz things are about to change!
Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah were easy to drive through on route I-15 North even though there was a lot of construction. Once we got onto I-15 North then the green plants started to come back with the sage brush and yucca.
Today we thought we were traveling 6 driving hours and 350 miles. It ended up being 400 miles and 6+ hours of drive time. Including time out of the car from hotel to hotel was 9 hours. Much longer day than intended. We made it to our hotel just at 7pm, right in time for a our conference call as Josh was happy to check out sports car videos on his laptop. Long day!
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