Utah (and a little bit of Colorado)

by Jane

[Sunday, 16th September] We had a leisurely launch this morning from Salina (Saline-ah, it's a salt area ;o); breakfast after 8am, left about 10.  The temperature was beautiful in my opinion but Gary had put a sweatshirt on so perhaps that wasn't a unanimous opinion.

Although the whole trip was through desert landscape it was absolutely spectacular.

Jane  and Don take in the view

The heat wasn't too bad for standing around in, though I always needed my hat - and eventually the guys started to see the sense of this and started to use their own hats.

The Castle Valley viewing area

The scale of the view was amazing - and I started to think if we had something this big in New Zealand it would stretch coast to coast in some places.

From the Castle Valley viewing area

Gary, of course, did most of the wandering around looking for the best views.  Dad and I tended to stay near the car.

From the Castle Valley viewing area

 

From the Castle Valley viewing area

There were plenty of viewing areas and at each one we scrambled out of the car to take more and more photos.  Dad might have to add some of his own in another post as he had two cameras going!

Gary with his new hat

In the photo below the silver car on the right-hand side of the parking lot (chap in red standing by the boot) is our car and Dad.  The photos can be enlarged by clicking them.

View down over the truck park

More photos by Gary

More photos by Gary

View down the road we were about to take

What a great day and we arrived in Grand Junction quite early so have raided the supermarket for cheese to go with Gary's wine stash and intend to put our feet up for a while.

Jane
in Grand Junction