8/21/2008                     

Green River, Utah  

  After driving north from Fort Worth all the way up to Fairbanks, Alaska and more than half way back, one might think you could not see as striking landscape as we have already. The strech of highway 70 from the beginning of Fishlake National Forest to Green River was unbelievable. We have photos to back up that claim. This was one of the best drives we have had. Green River is a small community that was started as a river crossing for the U.S. Mail Service and in 1876 a ferry service was started by a man names Blake. Both sides of the river was known as Blake. Later the name for the west side was changed to Green River and the East side became Elgin. Believe or not Green River has had alot of different industries from Uranium mining, trucking, railroading, farming, boating, tourist and the United States Air Force's Green River Missile Launch Facility which was apart of the Army's  White Sands Missile Complex. More than 140 Athena Missiles were launch from Green River from 1964 to 1973.

Beautiful colors like this are seen all through this area all the way to the San Rafael Swell, which is about 45 minutes driving time away.

(Remember, click on the "X" in the lower RH corner of the photo)

Stopped at a rest area so the dogs could "rest".
Here's the same photo shown at the top without the zoom. It was really amazing to see such a huge mass of rock where the road was cut right through it.This was one of those days you wish you could have everyday. The air was crystal clear and the temp was about 85 degress and only a slight breeze. The altitude here was about 7300 feet.We pulled in at this observation point to take some photos. There was a sign that said "no vendors or solicitating".I'd say the sign was mostly ignored.   
Shady Acres RV Park, Green River, UT         8/22/2008Cortez, Colorado







 

The day started off with smooth rolling hills.

We started seeing a hint of redstone in the hills.

Most of the newer buildings in this area blended in with the color of the mountains.

Crossing Crossing the Colorado River.
Montecello...Home of the Hideout. Just 60 miles to Cortez, Colorado.
 

8/23-24/2008

Albuquerque, New Mexico

After a some what later start than was planned due to a dead battery on the Tahoe........we got started about a hour late. The 2007 Tahoe had the battery moved from the left front to the right rear part of the engine compartment but they left the other battery case installed. So since I had just bought a new battery for my truck (left at home), I decided to install it in the vacant battery case, just in case. This morning it came in handy. After I decided it would take less time to switch batteries instead of waiting for the dead one to charge up, in about 20 minutes we were on our way.

The drive to this High Desert city, one of America's oldest, took about 5 hours; 273 miles down what use to be known as the Devil's Highway because it was numbered 666. The State changed that to 491 and current maps show it that way. The map to the left was done with Mappoint 2004. Mappoint 2007 shows Hwy 491. The road was pretty good and we made pretty good time down to Gallup and a quick glance at Route 66 and then turned on to I-40 on in to our campsite here in Albuquerque.

Here is Key resting on his mat outside.The dog walk....unless you have a finicky dog that insist on a large bush to hide behind. For Key, this just won't cut it. (This was at Cortez, CO)Out on I-40, we saw many huge outcropping of rocks.

The first sighting of Albuquerque.

El Rancho RV Park, Albuquerque, NMBehind a wall along a busy, noisy street

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