APRIL 6-14
WAITED ALL WINTER TO GET THE TOP DOWN ON THE MUSTANG..SO WE WILL HEAD SOUTH TILL ITS HOT ENOUGH TO DO IT!
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SEEMS THE MEMORY CARD I HAD SCREWED UP AND I LOST THE FIRST FEW DAYS PICS...BUT HAD A NICE RUN DOWN THE MTNS THRU N WASHINGTON AND N IDAHO AND SPENT THE NIGHT IN CLARKSTON, THEN ON TO WENDOVER NEV.
SPENT THE NIGHT WANDERING THE CASINO'S THERE AND HAD THE BUFFET DEAL AT MONTEGO BAY CASINO AND WATCHED THE CATTLE FEED.
THEN ON TO THE GOOD STUFF IN UTAH!
THAT IS THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS...WE COULD HAVE TAKEN A 10KM RUN OUT TOTHE TRACK, BUT FLAT AND WHITE LOOKS THE SAME ANYWHERE..SOO AWAY WE GO..ENOUGH OF THIS..YUK!
FIRST OF THE RED STUFF! HEADING EAST TOWARDS DENVER ON I-80
HERE WE ARE AT DEAD HORSE POINT , JUST N OF MOAB UTAH. WE WILL SPEND 2 NIGHTS IN MOAB AND HIT ARCHES NAT PARK TOMORROW
MORE DOWN.....LONG WAY!! YES THATS A ROAD HALF WAY DOWN...
That is colorado back there..The snowcapped is in Co. .We have ridden around thos on bike trips....Durango and area is just behind that range, along with one of the best rides out there, the million dollar highway, and just below that on this side in the red stuff is another beauty, unaweep scenic byway south of grand junction..but not this trip!
COLORADO RIVER AT DEAD HORSE POINT, JUST N OF MOAB,UTAH
She is getting way too brave!!
I THINK MY 5 YEARS WORKING ON THE MOUNTAIN HAS KINDA GOT ME USED TO THIS.I FIGURE THE ROCKS WON'T MOVE FOR A FEW THOUSAND YEARS AT LEAST! EITHER WAY,I JUST DON'T LOOK DOWN!
WE STOP IN MOAB, UTAH..THIS PLACE IS VERY COOL! KINDA THE SUPER DESTINATION FOR 4-WHEELING AND MTN BIKING! ITS BUSY AND TONS OF PEOPLE PLAYING AND ITS FUN PLACE TO HANG OUT!
HEADING OUT FOR THE AFT TO ARCHES NAT PARK, 5 MINUTES OUT OF MOAB.
SAY THAT MO----ABBBB WE ARE TOLD..REMEMBER THAT OR THEY THROW ROCKS AT YOU!
ITS ALSO SPRING BREAK HERE AND THE 3 MILE TRAIL UP TO DELICATE ARCH IS BUSY..STILL FUN, BUT SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE! THIS WOULD BE A OVEN IN JULY!
UP THE TRAIL WE GO..3 MILES!
JUST ME AND THE CAMERA
WE IS THERE! long way up!
YA ...ITS BIG..AND ITS ALSO STRAIGHT DOWN BEHIND IT!
THERE ARE TONS OF THESE THINGS OUT HERE, LOTS OF HIKES, AND DRIVES..WE BLOW THE DAY OUT HERE EXPLORING..
WE GO THATAWAY!!!
ANOTHER NIGHT IN MOAB,
THIS PLACE IS OFF ROAD PARADISE AND PACKED WITH JEEPS AND WHATCHMACALITS!! TONS OF MTN BIKES ALSO!!
I BOOKED A ROOM ON THE NET AT CHINGATCHKOOK MOTEL.. ITS NOT MUCH, BUT IT WAS A BARGAIN!!
off we head south to monument valley to see john wayne!
THIS PLACE IS OFF ROAD PARADISE AND PACKED WITH JEEPS AND WHATCHMACALITS!! TONS OF MTN BIKES ALSO!!
I BOOKED A ROOM ON THE NET AT CHINGATCHKOOK MOTEL.. ITS NOT MUCH, BUT IT WAS A BARGAIN!!
off we head south to monument valley to see john wayne!
YES I GO FOR A DRIVE IN THE DESERT!
MONUMENT VALLEY..ONE OF THE COOLEST PLACES I HAVE EVER BEEN!
NOT HARD TO REMEBER THESE SIGHTS AFTER ALL THOSE OLD WESTERNS THAT WERE FILMED HERE!
COOL PLACE..BUT TIME TO MOVE ON THE PAGE, AZ AND THE GLEN CANYON DAM.
HUGE RESERVOIR, LAKE POWEL, SECOND BIGGEST THERE IS! big dam! nearly as high as the next one downstrean, the HOOVER!
WE GO FOR A TOUR TO THE RESORT AND MARINA..
CHECK THIS OUT FOR A BOAT LAUNCH..12 LANES WIDE! THAT MUST BE A HOOT WATCHING PEOPLE TRYING TO BACK DOWN THIS ONE! I AM USED TOI THE GONG SHOW AT SINGLE RAMPS..THIS MUST BE A GREAT SHOW!
MORE RED ROCKS! NICE!
ANOTHER HIKE................. TO THE BEACH THIS TIME
ZION NAT PARK! VERY NICE
MORE HIKING! QUITE THE PLACE!
LUNCH IN ZION!
WE GO THROUGH THE MILE LONG TUNNEL TO GET THROUGH THE PEAK..THEY CUT A WINDOW IN IT EVERY 1/4 MILE OR SO..YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THEM UP ABOVE THE CAR ON THE ROCK FACE..VERY COOL!
QUITE A PLACE..ONE COULD SPEND A FEW DAYS HERE DOING THE TOURS, BUT TIME TO SHIFT GEARS !
DI GOES CACTUS HUNTING!
WE HEAD SOUTH DOWN THE INTERSTAE TOWARDS VEGAS AND TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW THE BACKROAD ALONG LAKE MEAD FOR A HR...THEN ITS INTO THE BIG TIME!
GUESS WHERE?
A COUPLE DAYS TO BLOW HERE AND ITS A BLAST!
GEEEZE ARE THESE PLACES HUGE!!!!
LAST TIME I WAS HERE ONLY THE SMALL POINTY PART BELOW THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WAS HERE!!
BOAT RIDE?
WHOA!! TIME MACHINE TROUBLES!!
NOW THAT IS SCARIER THAN STANDING ON THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF!
WOW!!
I COULD DO THAT! AND BETTER!
SHOWS WERE GOOD!
TIME TO LEAVE..WE BLAST ALL THE WAY BACK TO WASHINGTON ON THE INTERSTATE CAUSE OUTA TIME..BORING...BUT QUICK!
OFF THE FREEWAY AND HEADING UP THE OKANAGAN....
LUNCH ON THE COLUMBIA GORGE ON THE WAY HOME...COUPLE DAY DRIVE BACK HOME FROM VEGAS....
BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA....
HOME AGAIN..5600KM ON THE CAR,. IT WORKED GREAT! GOT THE TOP DOWN LOTS! 30 MPG AT 80 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE AND IT IS REAL GOOD AT PASSING.....
BIKE TRIPS NEXT....:)
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