I enjoyed my morning walk. We left the hotel about 9:30, went to Octopus Coffee so my master could start with a hot coffee since the mornings are cool, and gassed up the Corvette. We headed back to Route 6 downtown Grand Junction and followed it to Mack, Colorado where Route 6 joins I70. There is a road sign indicating the end of Route 6, it really means that it joins I70. We could see the Colorado Monument area to our south. It looks amazing. It was too hard to get a picture so I'll just have to keep the memory. We crossed from Colorado to Utah. As you enter Utah there is a Grand Army of the Republic sign - I haven't seen one in a long time.
We can see Mount Waas in the La Sal Mountain Range to our south as we head for Moab. The scenery is stunning out here. As we near Moab, Utah we see the terrain is a very distinct blue, nearly robin egg blue. Turns out these are the Blue Mountains. I haven't figured out what makes them blue. We see a dog riding on a motorcycle. I thought I had it bad.
We head into Moab so my masters can have lunch before going into Arches National Park. We stop at Atomic. They had the tacos on a lovely patio. The tacos were very good but small. I guess the waiter had warned them. It was OK with them since they are saving room for dinner. They saw a magpie but couldn't get a good picture. I saw one at "the farm" in Pine, Colorado and again in Glenwood Springs by the Hotel Denver.
After lunch we entered the Arches. We bought a senior annual pass. My master has one but we forgot to bring it. Since we plan to go to more parks, this is still a good investment. The spectacular views start as soon as you enter and continues to the very end. We say something more fascinating at each turn. We toured almost the entire park. We have more pictures and videos that I can possibly put in this blog. I found this flower, wonder it is? A small taste of the stunning views is shown below and a larger sampling is on the Arches National Park page.
After that my master is ready for some relaxation so we head to the hotel. We are staying at the Red Stone Inn. As we are driving through town we see this teardrop camper. That is two on the trip so far. The hotel is very rustic but seems fitting since much of the charming downtown looks like a throw back to the Wild West.
My master and I went looking for a good place for my walk. There sin't much except for the grass patches at the hotel. They did' seem to want us to use that but it is all there is. My feet are so dirty my master gives me a foot bath. Bummer. My masters go across the street to the Moab Grill for dinner. They shared a steak and is was wonderful. I even got a taste of the small bit they brought back. Plus I found a perfect dog cave. Tomorrow we are going to Delta, Utah.
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