US Hwy50 Road Trip. Western Colorado Today commences from Green River Utah. We lookd to get off of IH70/US50 asap.
There were two or three old pieces of 50 that we found, that got us into Cisco and Westwater Utah, Then into Mack, Colorado.
The first two are amost ghost towns. Empty abandoned houses with just a couple or three houses and farms occupied. It was clear that better times went to college and didn't come back. Mack was much more prosperous and had some farm business going on. This 2 lane road had been 50 before the interstate, and now is called old 6 and 50.
Grand Junction was a lot bigger but we ran through it. 50 became 4 lanes with open acess, and before Delta it was back to two lanes. We ate lunch in Montrose at a brewpub. Don't. The feature of the day the The Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park.
The gate is opened, they were not collecting fees, but only three viewpoints were accessable due to the snow. The visitors center had not opened for the season yet. But the vews were astounding. Maybe over 2000 feet deep. I have never seen similar rock formations. Schist with Pegmatite inclusions. Very cool. Recommended. Called the Black Canyon because it is so steep and narrow that places in the bottom get very little daylight.
There are no trails down into the canyon, it is too steep. Go later is the season when it is fully opened. en.m.wikipedia.org/…
Then over Monarch Pass at the Continental Divide, 11,312 feet.
Wow. Dont drive up this is an 84 Civic. We are out of the Great Basin and the western watershed. Overnight in Salida. Great Western Motel with heated indoor pool,sauna and hot tub. Recommended.Tomorrow, descent, Pueblo, flatland and Dodge City Kansas.
Greg slipped on the snow and scrapped his arm, he brought our dad’s first aid, well, suitcase. In it are some bandages prepared by my grandmother for the war effort, in WW1. She was about 19 im 1917. This bandage is over 100 years old and in perfect shape. our discussion today was in part about which country is the freest. We looked into it and here is a clue. It is not the USA.this came up because of the right’s constant gripeing about freedom.Greg says these Fox propagandized freedomseekers vote GOP so they can have the feedom to be poor. We have passed a lot of poor places in red country. Vote Dem and you can have a union job that pays a living wage.
And deer.