East Coast Trip 2024 - June 5

We rose a little late today and after all the usual tasks of the morning, we left Monument Valley a little after 10 am. The drive out of the Valley was as amazing as the Valley itself. We drove to Grand Junction, CO, and are staying at one of the nicest KOAs we have visited in a very long time. Clean, no dirt roads - only dirt in the two Camp K9s, a patch of grass at every site, level flagstone under the (non-splinter causing) picnic table, level gravel sites, and a nice playground with a Jump Pad - similar to the Pillows at KOAs in Southern California. Lucky is turning into an amazing travel cat - no sitting at the windshield, though - she has been quite calm so far. The dogs are doing well also. Temperatures were high again, 93 deg. at the around 7 pm and it will be as high for the next few days. We took a few pictures on our way but didn't make any significant stops on the way. Of note, the mountains and rock formations changed dramatically once we entered Colorado. Below are a few pictures for today.




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