Yep. That’s how many miles from Vegas to Buckthorn Knoll. So away we went! We headed north on the 15 toward Utah to start our trip home. Made a quick stop in Utah for breakfast at IHOP. Joe doesn’t remember but we are there 15 years ago too!!! The scenes there are just too beautiful for words.
Moab was a stop we wish we could have spent more time exploring, but the road beckoned. And there were a lot of those miles to cover! Before we hit Moab we stopped at Spotted Wolf Canyon. Again, Joe and I had been there before! Here are pics from our first trip about 15 years ago:
Now here are some from Tuesday’s visit:
Yes, that is a semi with THREE trailers behind it!!
Finally we made it to Arches National Park. We’ve already decided we will be back here soon per the boys’ request!!
And we were off again. Unfortunately it stormed through the Rockies and we couldn’t see a thing. Strangely it rained almost every day of our trip out West. It was tough driving through the mountains on the wet and slippery roads. It dropped to 40 degrees when we were in Vail. Yikes! A bit different from the 100+ degrees we were used to living in! This last picture was from a roadside rest area near Glenwood Canyon and it’s the Colorado River. It was running high and fast and very red in places!!
After this I’ll upload the boys’ pics and my good camera pics for some final reflections on this trip!! We stopped for the night in Limon, CO. Thankful we came out bed bug free from that experience. More on that later my friends 😂.
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