It was
raining first thing but eventually eased up as we left the Hotel around 0945.
We needed to check on the web one section of road that we intended to use this
morning to ensure there were no snow issues. The website said rain and perhaps
odd snow showers but generally the roads will remain dry and that is exactly
how it was. We headed south on the I-15 to a place called Provo where we left
the I-15 and followed the US 6 from Spanish Fork to Price and we stopped at a little
old mining town called Helper where we had a nice cup of coffee in a very nicely
decorated shop.
We
joined the I-70 in the pouring rain and it rained pretty much all the way to
Grand Junction and even some very heavy winds were experienced which blew us
around a bit. We arrived at the Grand Vista Hotel in grand Junction after
crossed the state line between Utah and Colorado at about 16.30. When you check
in you must sign a piece of paper saying you won’t smoke in the room but if you
do you will have to pay an extra cleaning fee of about USD 150.00
The
first room we were given was a no smoking room but had strong smells off
cigarette smoking and so rather than risk them charging us we asked to move room
which they did without hesitation. Neither of fancied going out for dinner as
much of American food in restaurant tends to be fried and you can have enough
of fried food. So we popped down the road to Albertson's supermarket and visited
the Deli section and ended up with some salads and ham and a few other bits and
pieces and we had excellent meal in the room whilst planning our next few days itinerary.
The
weather is expected to clear over the next two days and so we will visit The
Arches National Park tomorrow afternoon and Canyon Lands the next day and this
will entail two nights in Moab the town placed directly between the two parks.
Following this we are looking to go to Colorado Springs and then take a slow
drive down route 50 in the direction of Wichita.
This
Hotel was also booked with Hotwire and boy do they get some good prices.
Let’s
hope the weather improves tomorrow
