Day one

We packed the Car Saturday night and attempted to rise early and get on with gettin' East.
We ended up leaving a bit late but we've got all kinds of time so no problem. While we were getting going I was sneezing like mad and took an allergy pill, that pill ended up knocking me out and Lauren took over driving all the way to Las Vegas. I took over from there and we continued up through the virgin river gorge and into Utah.After a turkey sandwich lunch break we drove into a gnarly hailstorm with lightning and big wind that wanted to push the car over a lane. onward to I-70 and a real turn for the East we drove from Utah into Colorado being chased from the badlandsby a fiery sunset and welcomed to the western slope by a rainbow shooting straight up into the sky.

We drove into Fruita Co. with some intense wind, rather than drive up to the to of the Colorado National Monument we opted to camp by the lake in the valley. Rather than fight the wind with our stove we ate cheese, pretzels, and crackers for dinner with Reese's Pieces for dessert all washed down with a nice cold beer, good thing I rode ride it all off next week.
Tomorrow is monday and we're trying to sell tube bags and run some errands, including a visit to Boulder for shoes and to Golden for beers.
-Scott