We’ve decided to leave Wayne Co a little early.  About a week early.  It’s just too darn cold. Next year, if we make it back for the “Annual Western Tour” we’re probably going to do it in September or August…

Last night was probably the best night camping of the whole month!

Again, lots of pics ahead!

We drove out in the afternoon and made it past Lake Powell and out of Glenn Canyon National Park.  We pulled off at one of the side roads, drove up it a little way and pulled over.

What a sunset!

There was no wind… The temp was perfect. Cool, but not too cold, i was able to unzip all of the windows and watch the stars.  It was awesome.

This is as we drove out of our camping area:

And a couple of driving shots:

The land is just so big… It’s hard to capture.

A quick stop for the pups:

And for us to play!

We’ll be stopping in Mancos, CO for a couple of days to catch up with some friends.

The Englishman’s friend and his wife came over to Wayne Co to go ATV’ing with us.  We ended up going about 50 miles I think.

We went from desert, to the aspen groves in the mountains, to farm country, and then back to desert.

This is definitely a pic heavy post!

There were some crazy clouds… But thankfully, no rain or snow!

It’s hard to just pick out a few good pictures!  There’s just soooo many!  I hope you don’t mind!

If you look closely, you can see me too!  In the reflection!

This is an amazing view of Capitol Reef National Park from the top of the mountain!

This is a view of the Aspen Groves at the top of the mountain.  We’re near Elk Horn Campground on Thousand Lakes Mountain.  That’s where I started my very first day of work at Passages to Recovery!

And then back down to the desert!

Just in time for a beautiful sunset…

We arrived! 

It’s much colder than we expected and during our first night we disconnected our hose, thought we drained it… but not enough.  Our frickin’ $50 flat winding water hose froze and got a leak!  oh well.

Here’s our campsite:

It’s a seriously dog-friendly campground.  A lot of RV parks are very strict about dogs… which makes sense, but our two are great listeners and don’t stray 10 yards from the Englishman (me, that’s another story!)

Here’s the view from my “bedroom.” Pretty nice, eh?

It was pretty darn windy too.  It’s a very exposed property.  But, we’ve already paid for a month in advance.  I think that next time we go somewhere for an extended period, we’ll just do a week at a time at the most.

Again, a pic heavy post!

Setting up our Camper!!!

And no… I didn’t PhotoShop the pics…  The sky really is that blue.

Here’s another pic heavy post!

Do you see the lizard?  He was hard to spot!

Factory Butte

I love the colors of the dessert.

more to follow…

When we moved from Utah to NC, we stayed in our camper just outside of Grand Junction, CO… In a place called Rabbit Valley.

It’s amazing.  It was great to spend the night here again on our return to the desert!

We got in late, so it was hard to see the views, but what a spectacular wake-up!

(Lots of Pics!)

We had a leisurely morning, knowing we were only a few hours away from Torrey, UT.  Here’s a few pics from the walk we went on:

And then… Back on the road…

Next… Through the desert and Capitol Reef…

Finally, we found the perfect truck cap!

The Englishman is pleased!

It even has a rack for his future boat!

And here’s our first glimpse of the Rockies!

One of my Plurk Friends, CHIC, tried to help us find a truck cap place, and I really appreciate all of her help!

Here’s heading into the Rocky Mountains -

And my first sight of snow for the season!

I love these mountains:

The aspens are in full color!

Our rig looks burly, doesn’t it?

Man, I love the western skies!

This is about 2 hours east of Denver.

Check out this view!

The Mississippi River!

Amazing Skies!

The pups are hanging in!  They don’t mind the journey!

The cat doesn’t quite love the traveling…

I’m fine, as long as I have my computer.

This is the view from our 2nd night.

It was beautiful.  Slightly breezy…
Then as we were getting ready for bed, the wind picked up…

Here’s our setup:

We ended up closing the pop-out part, which is the bed… and slept on the floor!

We found out the next day that there had been winds up to 45 mph!  Someone’s awning, down the way, had blown right off!