Jacqueline’s Jaunts

09-20-21 Monday Mt. Rushmore Trip Day 20 Dinosaur National Monument Colorado and Utah Dinosaur Day!!!! Dinosaur National Monument has 2 visitor centers; one in Colorado and one in Utah We headed to the first visiter center on the Colorado side since we are camping in Colorado, Canyon Visitor Center. We headed out about 10:00AM. It was only about a 30 - 40 minute drive to the Canyon Visiter Center in the town of Dinosaur. Yes it's called Dinosaur. The Colorado side does not have any dinosaur fossils, only the Utah side. I got my NP Passport book stamped and bought the sticker for it. We perused through the center looking at all the displays and reading boards. Nice little museum.  From here we headed to the Quarry Visitor Center, north of Jensen. We watched the movie about the monument and again walked through the small displays about the area. We were happy to find out yesterday was the last day the NP used busses to take you to the Quarry Exhibit Hall. We were able to drive up to

09-19-21 Sunday Mt. Rushmore Trip Day 19 Buck 'N' Bull RV Park  Rangely, CO Today was a long drive. I think it was the longest one so far. We drove through the Rockies Mountains on  I-70 and what a challenge. Our coach did not like the huge mountains. According to Wikipedia (09-19-21) we went through the Eisenhower Tunnel at an elevation of  11,158 feet, the highest point of I-70. The Eisenhower tunnel is noted as the longest mountain tunnel and highest point on the Interstate Highway System. My photos did not turn out, very disappointing. I did add a photo of another tunnel but this is only one bore. The Eisenhower is 2 bores.  If we had more time there were so many places to stop in the Rockies: old towns, a mining tour, ski resort gondolas were working, look outs. Lots to see.  The drive was stressful especially during the downhill grades that went on forever. Actually kinda scary! We could only go up hill between 25 and 35 mph. Our RV did not climbing the Rockies!!! On a po

09-18-21 Saturday Mt. Rushmore Trip Day 18 Berthaud Brewing Loveland, CO Harvest Host Return: Yes We decided next time we take a long trip we will spend one night in a hotel. It was nice to take a long shower this morning and be able to go downstairs for breakfast. About 10:30 Barry got a text from Art and our RV was ready. We quickly packed everything, checked out and headed out to the country to pick up the RV.  When we got there, paid our bill and hooked up the jeep. We got ready to pull out of the yard but the running lights and cameras didn't work. Barry grabbed Art before he and his family headed out to lunch. Art checked all the fuses and found a few either in the wrong place or blown. Weird! An hour later, Art got everything working and we were off. Thank goodness we caught him before he and his family left for lunch. The drive today was another windy one. We went through the plains of Nebraska, the Southeast corner of Wyoming, and into Colorado (see map below). We stopped

09-17-21 Friday Mt. Rushmore Trip Day 17 Hampton Inn Scottsbluff, NE Return: Yes                                                          We both slept well last night. We were totally exhausted when we hit the bed.  This morning's cool air smelled so fresh. It was a quite morning except for the occasional moooo.                                                                                                         Well...today turned out to be another stressful day.  Barry called a few places to see about taking the RV in. One place couldn't take us but he gave us the name of another place and we were successful. The owner of the place was so nice and wanted to get us in. He said he didn't like travelers to be stuck. We got the RV ready so nothing falls once we get on that B U M PY gravel road again. We took the Jeep off the back to help with the RV on the road and I would follow Barry. We were worried the RV would die before we made the 5 mile drive to the mechanics. Abou