6/27/08 - Dinosaur, Colorado

We left Loveland and drove 312 miles to Dinosaur, Colorado on our way to Salt Lake City. We drove on Colorado highway 14 alongside the beautiful and raging Cacha la Poudre river. There were lots of kayaks and rafts negotiating the river. Many of the pine trees up here have been killed by the pine bark beetle, making it look like fall. We went through three mountain passes and through Steamboat Springs before arriving at Dinosaur. We almost stopped at a city park in Maybell (Carolyn's mother's name is Mae Bell), but we decided to keep on driving. We checked into the Blue Mountain Village RV Park, which is a real dump but at least we have hookups. Updating this blog via cell phone with its unbelievably slow connection is becoming a real PITA.