Day 3 produced some great scenery as we departed Monticello UT and headed to Arches National Park about 30 mile up the 191. 3 hours, countless photo stops, and a serious hour and a bit walk by Trev to visit Devils Garden and a couple of out of the way Arches, has led to the best case of sunburn you've seen and has Strahan Senior looking like he took the budget priced Cosmas tour of Hiroshima and Nagasaki around about 1946. Whilst the far more sensible Junior Strahan stayed in the car and kept reading up on how to use this bloody new camera, Trev was cooking up a treat.
From there we headed "over the road" to the Islands in the Sky part of Canyonlands National Park. Some great scenery along the lines of the Grand Canyon (that is from above the rim) and we headed off about 430pm. 150 miles odd later and an unscheduld detour through Price UT, thanks to some lousy signposting , and we arrived at Americas Best Value Inn in Roosevelt about 830pm. A good diner feed at JB's restaurant, conveniently located in the carpark of the motel.....mind you it is the worlds biggest carpark for a motel in a small towm....reminds me of the old Disneyland carpark in Anaheim, and some crap TV (No ESPN which sucks!!) and we were in la la land by 11.
Meanwhile back in Bullhead City, Vanessa and Mack headed off for a lazy afternoon swim and feed at one of Maxine and Larry's friends place. Lucky buggers as the temps on the road are getting cooler at night, the more Trev and Wayne head north.
Today the lads are off to Jackson Wyoming, the gateway to Yellowstone. What more adventures await!!!!
What more can Trevor say, another special day on the road, and yeah i can drive on the left hand side without giving heart palpations- mind you our drive from Price to Roosevelt (Utah) climbing up to 9114 feet peak (watch out for snow ploughs and icy bends) and down a 30 mile valley dodging cows grazing on "as the Ranchers say OPEN RANGE grazing)left Wayne with finger indentations on the dash and a couple of sweat beads on the velour. Yeah was some drive!!
ReplyDeleteummmm, not sure which to comment on - the driving or the sunburn. Will take the safe option - has Trevor heard of sunscreen?? You may need to make a stop at a trusty 24hr Walmart to pick some up for him and his future wanderings round the country side. Driving - please remember its RHS in the USA and watch out for the natives. Have a ball you two...
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