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| August 25 - Sunday New Castle, Colorado to Moab, Utah |
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| We traveled west on Interstate 70 as there wasn't really a good two lane alternative. |
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| Colorado River canyon |
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| The Palisade area is known for its peach orchards and wine vineyards. |
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| We made it to Grand Junction in time for mass at Immaculate Mary. |
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| We sat in the very back thinking Doug could escape easily if he started coughing too much. What we didn't know is that there was a baptism scheduled so we were at the front of the action for awhile. |
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| Good bye, Colorado |
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| Hello, Utah. The speed limit went to 80 mph which really felt way too fast and not much of a limit at all since we have mostly been on 2 lane roads for a couple of months. We took a break at the Visitor's Center in Thompson Springs to get a map. It was already 97F.....what a difference from the Rocky Mountain tundra yesterday! |
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| This area, just west of Arches National Park was a CCC center and then it was a Japanese concentration camp during World War II. The first people put here were moved from Manzanar in California, a place that we visited in 2018. |
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| Since it was 104F when we got to Moab, we did laundry, shopped for lunch for tomorrow and did some hanging out at the local bike shop. |
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| Donna found her Utah souvenir there. |
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| We had dinner, then we headed to the park to catch the evening light. |
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| The Tower of Babel |
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| Balanced Rock. It is 7:15 and it is 98F. |
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| The Fiery Furnace |
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| The sun set at 8:00 and it was still 95F. |
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| So much for having a shorter day than yesterday. It was so warm and so beautiful that we found it hard to leave the park before dark. It was still 84F at 10:00. We are planning to get up early and see most of the arches before noon tomorrow as the forecast is for more of the same. |
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