Ok this is part 2 and it may be a bit long? We had been looking at the calendar and figured we better make the trip to Grand Junction now since we have planned to get it done for the 2 years we have been in Colorado this time… We have some very good old friends that live over on that side and had promised all that we would make the trip but it kept getting pushed back?
So We took off on a Saturday morning early to get there before noon… We took the road north and across on I-70 and it rained on us from about the tunnel all the way to Glenwood… It never rains over there they say… well just let us plan a trip and it will do what it hasn’t done… ha!
On the way over I spotted this… seems there is an underground coal mine/fire that vents along here… not sure how long it has been going but clearly it was venting when we passed..
We got there (GJ), had some lunch and visited then opted for a car ride out to the Colorado Monument.
It is dry and rocky up here..
They don’t call it Canyon land for nothing…
Old friends. Not sure but they all frown when I yell HEY!… oh well…
As we come back down and into town we pass through the rail yard area and I was unaware that GJ is the stack yard for old Union Pacific engines… there sure are a lot of older ones here..
What would you call a restaurant that is at the train station?
We visited some more than went out to supper and …. visited some more… Called it a night about 10pm… guess we will have to make another trip in a few months?
so with that I will conclude here and put in for Part 3 of the missing… ha
WD0AJG