We left Clifton, CO this morning and are spending the night in Helper, UT. Helper was in the center of a lot of coal mining in past times. Its name came from being where helper engines are hooked to the trains to push the coal and freight up Price Canyon and over Soldier Summit toward Salt Lake City. I did a bit of geocaching this afternoon after we got set up in an RV park finding five caches. Being at 5,817 feet it is pretty cool still. Aileen and I went for a walk after supper through part of the old town and picked up another three caches.
John and Aileen sometimes on the road
Monday, March 25, 2024
WE JOINED THE SANDHILL CRANES AND ARE HEADED NORTH.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
UNLUCKY AT CARDS BUT I WAS LUCKY TO BE INVITED TO GO FOR AN ATV RIDE.
We've kept busy since arriving in Clifton Friday. We have played cards every day except Sunday. We had shared meals several times and joined the church crowd for Sunday brunch at Starvin Arvin's Restaurant. We're making soup today for a group supper here at Darden's with about ten of us. Tomorrow we have lunch at the church the group attends. It's called NTO (never too old) and there will be a bluegrass band playing. Aileen plays cards with the ladies on Tuesday and where they were going is out in the country south of town. The lady's husband asked if I would like to go out on a four wheeler. Well, certainly!!! We just rode up the road a little ways then struck off into BLM land. That's federal public lands. There was a maze of ATV trails and eventually we reached the edge of the Gunnison River which has steep walls on both sides offering beautiful views in all directions. I was able to find a couple of geocaches out there as well.
Friday we are to go west of town to visit friends Vern and Charlene where they will be looking after their daughter's acreage. Monday will see us on the road heading home to Oliver. We're planning on short driving days so it will take about a week to get there. Just like in BC we are having beautiful sunny and unseasonably warm weather here in Colorado with temperatures up in the 70's in the afternoon. That is expected to drop considerably by the weekend.
Sunday, March 17, 2024
A FEW PHOTOS FROM NORTHERN ARIZONA AND UTAH.
Saturday, March 16, 2024
LAST PICS FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA - WE'RE IN GRAND JUNCTION HEADED HOME!
We left Florence, AZ Wednesday morning and spent the night in Snowflake, AZ. We drove through some sleet/snow just before Snowflake then it tried snowing much of the evening but there was no accumulation. Thursday night we spent in Bluff at the Cadillac Ranch RV Park and they had a gorgeous state of the art bathroom/showers. Beautiful tile work and layout. Yesterday, Friday, we made it to Clifton and are parked at Jim and Judy's. The roads yesterday were not great. We did luck out and get behind two snow plow trucks just north of Blanding, UT and followed them all the way to Monticello, UT through the worst of the snow. Apparently that section is not recommended for travel today. I had seen that 10 -15 inches of snow was expected last night which is why I didn't stay a second night in Bluff. We will stay here a few days before continuing our journey back to our place in Oliver, BC. We played cards last night with Jim and Judy and Marie and her roomie, Glenna. Fun times even if I was on the losing team.