A day of big change, 30-70 in 4 hours and the 80/20 rule
Yesterday in Pagosa Springs, Colorado it was in the high 60s in the afternoon, and probably in the upper 40s when we turned in. When we got up around 7:00 this morning, Fay looked outside and said “it froze”. It was in the mid-30s. We caught up on a few things (like laundry, bill paying, etc.) and by the time we left the campground it was 70.
Frost on the truck when we got up this morning!
We headed out across southern Colorado and into Utah. This was our first time in Utah and I must admit that we were a bit overwhelmed by the scenery. What started out with mountains that kept getting bigger and bigger, turned into crazy rock structures unlike anything we had ever seen.
The town of Monticello, Utah with one of the day's big mountains in the background.
We ended up in Helper, a small town about a hundred miles southeast of Salt Lake City. Today’s scenery was incredible, but for us it followed the standard 80/20 rule I believe applies to most things...80% of the benefit comes from 20% of the effort. While we were amazed with what we saw, after 3 hours we found ourselves getting tired of all the rocks.
There are a couple of great national parks near Moab, but we are on a bit of a mission to get up to Vancouver, so we’ve not taken much time to explore things along the way. We are planning to concentrate on exploring places on our way from Vancouver to Michigan in a couple of weeks.
Onto Idaho tomorrow!
In Helper, we stayed in one of our least desirable RV Paks of the entire trip; not somewhere we'd look forward to staying again.
Click here to view our personal review of Blue Cut RV Park
May 13, 2016 - Helper, UT
