Odometer: 108,141 Getting up at 7:00 and leaving at 9:00 for Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings. The road is leading up hill and along the cliffs of the canyon. Every now and then there is a view point where we were able to look at the cliff dwellings at the other side of the canyon. These…...

Odometer: 107,870 07:15 we get up. 08:00 we get gasoline and are on Hwy 191 to the south entrance to the Canyonlands National Park (the Needles District). Already the way to the south part of the park indicates that this will look completely different than the north part. We pass all shapes and sizes of…...

Odometer: 107,695 06:00 after a lousy night we get up before sunrise, quickly dress and head off to the Arches National Park to watch the sunrise. It was impressive seeing the sun coming up and illuminating the red sandstone formations. We slowly work our way to the end of the park - Devil’s Point. From…...

Odometer: 107,484 06:30: Marco gets up for the first time, but joins me again for another half hour. 08:00: it was a long half hour. It's raining. We finally get up, have breakfast and leave at 8:45. On Hwy 50 we travel north to Grand Junction where we shop for winter jackets. By the time…...

Odometer: 107,120 07:00 time to get out of bed, have breakfast at the hotel and get ready to go. Shortly after 9:00 we are on the road further south in towards Walsenburg and the Great Sand Dunes. It is cloudy and rainy. The sand dunes are visible from far. When we arrive there we first…...

Odometer: 106,930 7:30 wake-up time. 9:30 hitting the road south. We find our way to SR 126 south. It's a small road through country side Colorado. We pass a lot of small villages; drive through forests and along creeks. The weather could be better, but otherwise it’s a very nice trip. Shortly before Colorado Springs…...

Odometer: 106,812 We sleep until 7:30. Again we are lucky to get a nice breakfast at the hotel. After 9:00 we leave for our trip to Mt. Evans (14,264 ft) about 50 miles south west from where we are. It’s a nice drive up there and we see marmots, picas, squirrels as well as white…...

Odometer: 106,528 07:00 getting up, having breakfast at the hotel. 08:30: Hwy 80 east then scenic Bwy 130 south towards the Rockies. Some miles before Granby we turn left into a gravel road following a small creek. We are hoping to see moose, but not even the binocular is revealing any. The road leads up…...

Odometer: 106,217 6:30 Marco is getting up for the first time. It is still very early though and I can convince him to stay another half hour. He gets some coffee and an American ‘Berliner’ and then tries to connect to the internet (only with limited success). We leave at around 8:30 heading south on…...