Utah to Colorado

This morning we left Rubys hotel (and everything she owns) in Bryce Canyon…

This hotel has it all…swimming pools, gym, shops, artwork…

Indian artefacts…

A reception area of log cabin genre…

Where I met my fellow travellers for a buffet breakfast before hitting the road from here (Utah) to Cortez(Colorado) and a couple more states in between…..a proposed 6 hour drive – that actually took 8 hours with our sightseeing stops! After a couple of hours (maybe three) on the road, we were in Arizona…and came to the Glen Canyon Dam…(not on the agenda but well worth a stop)

Another hydro electric dam on the Colorado river – which was constructed from 1956…to provide electricity and water reservoirs (supply) to these southern states…

Chuck had a little work to attend to and Tona and I explored the Carl Hayman information centre (the namesake of the senator who drove this project)

Again in the middle of the desert this water body was spectacular!

Yesterday in the rocks at Bryce Canyon, I mentioned this landscape looked like what would have been dinosaur country and sure enough …here at the Glen canyon dam…was a monument to these creatures!!

Inside we explored the history of the area and I had a little play in the Junior Rangers area…

After this leg stretch, we hit the road again travelling the long straight roads in northern Arizona…to a random town in the middle of nowhere where we stopped for a snack! And continued on to the four corners monument…as we crossed….four states in one hit…

I am standing in four states of USA at one time…

As above, however, travelling with a land surveyor, I was duly informed the actual spot may be wrong…the actual four corner meeting point is around 1500 feet away in any of the four directions from the photo opportunity spot!! (As above)

A 20 minute stop and a long drop bathroom break cost USD 8,00 each…. The Indian land obviously holds a high value…but as Russ always said “might as well see the place while we’re here”

We arrived in Cortez, Colorado around 4pm…checked into our hotel for the next two nights and crossed to the adjoining restaurant/bar at 5pm…for a few beers (finally enjoying our beers of choice) and snacks….on the terrace as the sun went down …very pleasant end to a long car day!!