Wyoming Road Trip Day 8: Leaving Colorado for Utah

August 23rd

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Since we were finally plugged in, we had an operable microwave oven. We had leftover biryani for breakfast, heated to perfection. It was time to take on the day’s driving, going on the I-70 west through Fruita, into Utah and then south on the 191. STB used to work in Utah and I don’t think he liked it much – he’d sworn not to go to Utah again. But this was only a little bit Utah, right on the border, and we’d soon be south of the Arizona border again.

Going in to Utah, it looks pretty much like everywhere else – flat and full of sage.

Entering Utah

Utah quickly gets weird, though. The plains disappear, the desert starts and the rocks develop a psychedelic aspect.

Leaving Colorful Colorado

Entering Utah

Plains gone

Getting weird

The sage is still trying its best though

One consistency - trains are everywhere in the US

Papa Joe's Stop and Go

Blue Hills Road has major scenery

We were not going to be able to go to some of the more far-out parts of Utah, but we would be passing right by Arches National Monument on the 191. I demanded a visit.

Arches Brochure

Day 1 OC to Payson

Day 2 Payson to Albuquerque

Day 3 Albuquerque to Pueblo, CO.

Day 4 Pueblo to Rawlins, WY.

Day 5 Rawlins to Riverton, WY.

Day 6 Riverton: Eclipse; Casper to Rawlins

Day 7 Rawlins to Meeker to Grand Junction

Day 8 Grand Junction to Monticello

Day 8.2 Arches National Monument, UT

Day 9 Twin Rocks, Canyon de Chelly, to Winslow, AZ

Day 10 Winslow, Barringer Meteor Crater, Arcosanti to Phoenix

Day 11 Phoenix to OC