Sunday - Arches National Park

From Q via email - Sunday Night

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We (Bill C, Eric and Carlane, Scott, Bill Fishiel and I ) got in some light (comparatively) off roading in Arches National park today. As scenery goes .. WOW..


Not all the roads between are wow but enough is off the scale to be damn impressive. It is astonishing how the geology and rock formations can change in just a few miles.


For the off roading , nothing broken, nothing lost .. either we are getting good at this or we are getting lucky…

Ben and JL had B-fast with us this am and headed out … They looked tired when they left I hope they are careful. At least JL fixed his power steering and brakes before he went .. He had a hole in a custom high pressure line in the hydro boost system…. Off to the auto parts store to discover it is the same as a stock Chevy part costing $22 .. So now the power steering AND power brakes are working…

Ben is one (working) diff short of a full set but as long as he doesn’t brake a half shaft the truck should be fine…

Eric, Scott and Carlane are off to Denver tomorrow AM, In Scots 90, Eric and Carlane are flying from Denver to Baltimore to collect and drive home the new 110..

Bill C (in Mike’s RR) and I are going up to Salt Lake City on Monday afternoon and Bill flies out Tuesday AM and I fly out on Wednesday..

It has been a great adventure , well worth the angst .. The scenery, terrain, and off roading are unlike anything back east .. Not “better” but vastly different.. Driving across the country in “ low and slow “ mode was a blast. Every day was a new adventure. You get a different perspective on nation and the lives of people as you drive through small town America.

I heartily recommend Rt 36 as a great way to see the country.. And for us, the velocity impaired Rover community it is not much slower than the major interstates.

I will figure out the mileage, distance and velocity made good asap.. But not tonight …

Todays pictures are at www.roverist.com/arches