… and on to Colorado

Our time in Utah has come to a close.  There’s a lot more to see than we saw, but i got a good taste of it, and I’m glad for that. Maybe if I had actually tried to plan this trip in advance we would have seen more, but it just means that there will be a reason to return at a later time.

The drive from the campground in Moab to the campground in Estes Park was 401 miles. This is a relatively long RV travel day for one driver, or so I’m told, but so far it seems like a good solid length to me and I haven’t travelled farther than this in a single day yet and am not planning to.  I knew that going through the mountains all day long was going to be a bit stressful for me and I didn’t feel like fighting with Fred about laying down in the passenger seat, so he spent all but the last 30 miles in his crate. 

The drive from Utah into Colorado was very scenic and I was quite thrilled to see tree-lined mountains after being in the desert since early April. As I approached the Continental Divide at the Eisenhower-Johnson tunnel on I-70, the day seemed a bit dreary and I was wondering if there was going to be bad weather. Based on the weather forecasts, I was expecting rain on my approach to Estes Park. But, lucky me, when I emerged from the tunnel there was a mix of rain and snow, sometimes referred to as sleet, but not really icy, except for the clumps of ice that later blew off of my roof. I haven’t driven in this type of weather in over 20 years but the good thing is it was like riding a bicycle… plus my RV has full-time All Wheel Drive which handled the wet roads very well. The weather didn’t last terribly long until it came back again a bit later.  

We’re staying at the Jellystone Campground in Estes Park. Fred’s friends Yogi and Boo Boo live here. They have the nicest dog park area we’ve encountered yet, although I know some folks who might like to speak to them about the tunnel/tunnel bag situation! We’re located just a 10 minutes drive to town, and another 10 minutes to Rocky Mountain National Park.