It was an incredible drive today. We couldn’t believe our luck at finding the beautiful free camp beside a lake. We had a leisurely morning before continuing.

We drove the scenic byway through a gorge with towering colourful rocks either side. Every corner we took was another beautiful scene. and this lasted two hours.

We were slammed back into reality when we arrived in the busy town of grand junction. A quick stop at Walmart for supplies and some lunch and we were off again.

We are now heading north towards Canada. Just when we thought we were done with high mountains, we found ourselves going up, up, up over the Douglas pass. it was a rutted steep road with scary drop offs. The grade seemed steeper that the million dollar highway and poor Rodger struggled a bit.

We reached an altitude of 8368 feet, 3000 feet lower than the million dollar hwy, but it still felt high, and there was snow.

There were some freedom camping spots along the way but we opted for a campground in the town of Rangely. We need to dump our waste, have showers and top up water.