September 13, 2015 I-70 East between Green River Utah and Grand Lake Colorado

We had a very quiet night in Green River, Utah - took a nice walk and found a really nice campground right across the street!  Green River State Park, although it looked like all back-in sites which would be a no bueno for a one nighter (we don't want to have to unhook the CRV if we don't have to).  Our little spot only cost us $10.00 too, so that was a bonus.

So we were on the road by 7:30 and everything was going quite well.   We were enjoying the beautiful scenery of Colorado and then we decided we needed to get gas!   Oh Lord - how I hate having to get gas.  We found a "Kum n Go" (yes that is correct) gas station and it looked to be accessible for us so in we went.   We were sorta at a bad angle and after gassing up the guzzler, it looked to us like the CRV was not going to make the corner of the island!
The only solution was to unhook the CRV and then I would drive the rest of the way to Grand Lake.    Then because of the angle of the MoHo and the car,  Gary had to get tough with the hitch to get it loose.   Ugh.........

Got situated and back on the road but that cost us about an hour.   As it turned out the Vail Summit, which is over 10,0000', was a bit tough for MoHo, so it was probably for the best that we weren't towing.   Gary's sure MoHo could have done it with the CRV hooked up but what the heck, it all worked out in the end.

We arrived at our campground, Elk Creek Campground, and when registering we were cautioned that there is a mama moose and her two babies in the campground.  Wow!   Just don't feed them and steer clear of them, etc. etc.   How exciting is that?   So we love this place and we love our spot.    After hooking up all our lifelines, Gary was relaxing outside and suddenly noticed a big pile of what has to be moose scat right here near our site!   Wow - so exciting.  

We are going to do the Trail Ridge Road tomorrow.  I just read it is the highest paved road in the US.   We will drive it over to Estes Park and check things out there.   

Also saw a herd of bison (maybe buffalo - I don't know the difference) but of course I was driving so no pics - but pretty darn exciting.  

I found fall today!    We were near Aspen and the trees are changing. They are a beautiful shade of yellow and very light green.  The temp here in Grand Lake a beautiful 67 degrees!  Woo Hoo - I'm happy, happy, happy.

 

Colorado River