Headed West from Taylor Reservoir 2006

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Taylor Reservoir to Grand Junction & Fruita State Park
Driving Down Route 50 to Grand Junction, Colorado and Grand Mesa
Monday, September 11th and Tuesday, September 12th

Again, we woke to fog and Sasha was like, I guess I won't take a ride and went back to sleep. We got up around 8 am and cleaned up the campsite and Sasha then stated that he would like to go, so I said sure, go for it.  I cleaned up the campsite and got everything that I could ready for the trip to Grand Junction. We had decided to go back there as the weather is always good and there are always neat things to do out there. He got back and here are the pictures:  

Taylor Park
Looming Skies

This is where he wanted to go so bad.

 

 

 

And this is why I did not want to go! There is no way that we would take the SuperDuty up this pass. It is made for 4X4 Jeeps, ATVs or motorcycles, not large width trucks.

 

 

 

 

 

Hello! Another reason why I did not feel it was necessary that I went, especially without knowing how to really ride the bike.

He took this picture of himself, not bad I'd say!

And this is where he went.
We finished up at the campground and got out of there around 2 pm. We thought we could get a bite to eat at the restaurant there, but they closed at 2pm. So we just missed it. We got some snacks at the store instead and headed into Gunnison. We had a bite to eat in Gunnison, lunch dinner and checked email and uploaded the pictures for Taylor Reservoir and Crested Butte. That took a long time, but we had a good meal and were happy to be getting on the road.

The next pictures are from Gunnison to Cimarron Park (in Curecanti National Recreation Area.) We decided that we wanted to find a place to camp before the sun went down and Cimarron Park was just what we needed, AND it was relatively cheap.

Blue Mesa Reservoir - HUGE is all I can say. I think it is the largest reservoir in Colorado. Some of these pictures look like you are somewhere beside Colorado, as the water body is so large. Never saw a reservoir this big.

It looked like a small river or creek at first and then became something more.

 

 

 

 

Some of these pictures were taken out of the window shield while others were taken out of Sasha's driver's side window. Sasha was driving and we kept his window open and I would take the picture, making sure his nose or other body part was not in the picture.

The bridge and the island

Beautiful Views

Dillon Pinnacles and Blue Water

Blue Mesa Reservoir and Dam
Coming out of the Canyon

The campsite at Cimarron State Park
This train is not going anywhere, it is stuck there forever.
Waters below the Dam

 

The Dam and Us
Looking the other way, the dam is in front of Sasha.
Cimarron River (yes that is considered a river) as it flows into the waters from the dam. The waters of the dam are much colder than the water from the river, so the silt is not mixing as easily. As you get further away from the dam, the waters start to mix.
Beautiful Water and Dam

Stayed at Cimarron Park (in Curecanti National Recreation Area) that evening and in the morning went to see the Morrow Point Dam. The pictures will be in later today. We came from Taylor Lake area, see Taylor Reservoir and Crested Butte pages and I will have a page for Heading West to Grand Junction area. This year we will be doing some boondocking - having the rig out in the wilderness without any hook-ups: no water, sewer, or electric, nor internet access and we will see if we have cell service. I am kind of disappointed in Cingular, here we are on Route 50 and we do not have cell service.

We are now headed to Grand Junction area, I have to go online to work on my clients' websites and Sasha needs to do our laundry. This will be the first time in many years that he has done it so hopefully our clothes will get clean and keep their colors. We first have to go to Delta to see about my motorcycle and if it can get fixed, then head over to Grand Junction and Fruita. We are hoping to stay in the same campground that we stayed in last year. The bathrooms are to die for and they are very close to the Monument.

Check out the Next Day, Cimarron to Fruita.

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