Mileage:  67,403 Junction West RV Park Grand Junction, Colorado

We were sad to leave Redstone.  It is a sweet little town and the surrounding area was great for exploring. 

As we wound our way up the mountain, we could see into the valley below.  Our campsite was nestled down in there somewhere!

The landscape changed after we went though McClure Pass and over the Rocky Mountains.  The land began to open up again with farms and ranches.

One of the cool things about the way we travel is running into little unexpected treasures.  We went into Farm Runners Station in Hotchkiss and found excellent savory breakfast burritos and strong iced coffee.  We also bought some fresh tomatoes and corn and melon.

As we approached Grand Junction, we were in high desert.  Mesas and mountains surrounded us. 

We saw this guy with a trailer pulled over with a flat. Tim stopped to see if he could help. The man had already called for roadside assistance. It was his third flat of the trip.

We needed a full-service campground.  We had dusty laundry and lots of blog to catch up on.  We chose the Junction West RV Park.

I gathered stuff and headed to the laundromat.  I had planned to use the park WiFi to publish and post pictures.  In the almost two hours it took to get the laundry done, I had only uploaded one picture…and I had tons…I did publish the blog without pictures, but that just isn’t the same.  We have debated giving up on the blog, but I love the idea of having this living journal.

Since leaving Atlanta, the WiFi on the laptop has not been functioning.  I was able to use my phone as a hotspot with an ethernet cable.  This proved to be an aggravating solution because the internet speed slowed so badly, but it was all I had and we had been coaxing it along and making it work.  After a couple of hours of trying, I decided that since we were in a big town, I would try to come up with an alternate solution.  I ended up at Office Depot where a young man named Casey helped to run diagnostics on the computer.  It turned out that the internet card is damaged.  I could leave it for a couple of weeks for service or I could purchase a High Gain Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter.  Casey helped me chose one and even installed it on the computer using store internet. 

I got back to the campground and because the signal was so weak…I made limited progress.  I worked until 5:30.

We went downtown to the Thursday Farmers Market.  Main Street is blocked off.  There were two music venues, lots of local produce and other crafts and wares.  For dinner we went to the pink food truck and had figgy goat salads.  We sat at a little table enjoying the cooler evening air and the music and atmosphere.

I stayed up until midnight working on the blog.