2023 – Early September – Cinnamon Pass; Handies Peak; Durango, CO

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Molas Pass

Our 6 AM alarm wakes us, we are ready.  Opening the garage door, heat and humidity slaps our faces, yet another reminder of why we are leaving.  We will be gone only two weeks but will enjoy every minute.  As of September 6th, we have enjoyed/endured 62 days, 29 of them consecutive, 100°+ temperatures.

After breakfast we pack our essentials; clothing, laptops, and camera gear.  Food goes in last.  We stuck with our regular plan of cooking everything at home, only having to thaw, then heat our meals each evening.  Unfortunately, our camper doesn’t have a freezer big enough for all our meals, so some of our prepared meals stay home.  Don’t worry we won’t starve.

More Utah travels, September 2020 – Blanding, UT; Mesa Verde NP; Southwestern CO

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Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde NP

Blanding/Bluff, UT

The next day we are off to Devil’s Canyon, a National Forest campground, about 40 miles down the road.   After setting up we empty our cooler, the last of the food is still frozen, we will leave it slowly thaw in the camper refrigerator.  We head off to Blanding to do laundry then see The Edge of the Cedars Museum.  It is well worth the price of admission.  There are many indigenous people exhibits from archaic through the pueblo era.  A partially excavated pueblo stands behind the museum.